BPR: Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera responded to the news of NBC “Today” host Matt Lauer’s firing by saying “news is a flirty business” in a Wednesday Twitter thread.
Rivera appeared to defend Lauer from the host of sexual harassment allegations levied against him by describing the former host as a “great guy” and “highly skilled.” Rivera also said it seemed like the recent sexual assault allegations coming out have conflated courtship with predation.
“Sad about @MLauer great guy, highly skilled & empathetic w guests & a real gentleman to my family & me. News is a flirty business & it seems like current epidemic of #SexHarassmentAllegations may be criminalizing courtship & conflating it w predation. What about #GarrisonKeillor?” Rivera tweeted.
Lauer was fired from his position at NBC after a woman came forward and alleged that he sexually harassed her while he covered the 2014 Olympics. A Variety report also contained allegations from a woman saying Lauer once sent her a sex toy.
Rivera called for a stricter definition of sexual harassment, saying it should only be confined to a situation where an employee feels unable to speak out against the behavior of his or her supervisor. MORE
He actually said “dirty business”, but he has a slight lisp.
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Yea, yea, yea. Sean Hannity hardest hit.
I knew Geraldo swung and a missed on the opening of Al Capone’s vault but never heard about the three part hunt for Better Miller’s G Spot.
The ending was anti-climactic.
Geraldo is a festering POS.
Remember his selfie? His judgement is/was lacking all around.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/geraldo-rivera-posts-nude-selfie-twitter-article-1.1404964
Well, he can always change his name to Gerry Rivers and get a job at another network. Oh, never mind.
What an annoying phuck. You think he likes playing with burros?
I never cared much for Jerry Rivers, he’s always be an asshole.
Geraldo and Juan SUCK! Fox should pay them closer to what they’re worth.
Seventeen dollars. How’s that?
They’re about as bad as on this real radio station call-in show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sPF0AUxotI
Ooops! New computer, no ID here
Little Jerry’s been apologizing for these creeps going on 2 weeks now …. hilarious to watch …. definitely got a pant-load to hide (pun intended)
“News is a flirty business’
Well HairRaldo, anytime men and women work together it’s a flirty business. It’s human nature. Drugging them and squeezing their breast might be out of line. Just sayen.
Jerry has it made in the shade, who would want to admit having messed around with that. Better to self medicate the memory away.
I need to disclose there’s a member of my gym that is a dead ringer for HairRaldo. What a dick. He’s an ambulance chasing attorney Hispanic asshole. He’s his biggest fan. I ride that muther fxcker like a carnival ride at the gym. We are not pals. He’s stomped out many times while us surfs laugh at him. But he keeps coming back for more. A classic rubber band man in the gym. Which sets me off to begin with. You can do that shit at home, get off the fucking squat rack.
I have no Amor for Geraldo but the piece that made him famous, The investigation into the Willowbrook asylum in the 70s, was legendary.
It’s on Netflix and was the basis of a large part of American Horror Story: Asylum. The last good season of that show.
Then he took a big dump on any integrity he built up for the next 40 years.
I think all the news is a skin flint business and all their people flirt and cavort because they can. It’s a big honey bucket and must be investigated.
I’ve been harassed and turned the guy in. Since he was a producer nothing was done. The publisher of Business Week magazine asked me why I should be promoted since I was just going to go have babies. No progeny here! At my age now, babies are a non-issue.
If you wouldn’t do it in a crowded grocery store you probably shouldn’t do it at your job.