Jay Leno: I've Never Had a "Sexual Relationship" With My Staff
On his prime time show Friday, Jay Leno joked about the $2 million sexual extortion plot against David Letterman.
"Settle down," he began. "If you came here tonight for sex with a talk show host, you've got the wrong studio.
"What is going on? First Conan [O'Brien] hits his head, and then somebody tried to extort money from Letterman," Leno, 59, continued. "I'm so glad I'm out of late night."
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He then joked that he was once the victim of an extortion plot. "How do you think NBC got me to do a 10 o'clock show?" he quipped.
Referring to Robert "Joe" Halderman (Letterman's alleged blackmailer and a 48 Hours producer), Leno said, "It could have been worse - at least it wasn't a producer from To Catch a Predator. That would have been bad."
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Leno concluded his monologue by telling his audience, "I'm happy to say that I've never had a sexual relationship with any of my staff members."
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Jimmy Fallon also made a jab on his late night show Friday.
"There's a new book out called Why Women Have Sex that says there are 237 reasons why women have sex. And, folks, Letterman knows the top 10."
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64remember that letterman only had a long time girlfriend for a lot of years. he has only been married to her for a short time (well after their son was born). by the way, they used to work together too, so she probably knew about these women.
That's so nasty.....having sex with someone you work with, then going home to your wife every night. Too many germs. Ewwww. If I were the wife, I would dump his sorry behind.
Oh Jay, why the long face!!
Leno has class. Thanks Jay!
Who would want to!
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Although John 8:7 probably doesn't fit in the late night genre of talk show hosts as it's Jay and Dave's job to poke fun at other peoples' misgivings. It does give us food for thought about the sin in our own lives and I have to give credit to Dave for coming clean in this instance. I think Politicians could take a lesson or two from his example. Two wrongs don't make a right. Dave's escapades with some of his staff is a big wrong but his admission about it is a big right. Most people try to cover up their sins; this type of reaction started in the Garden of Eden. But God's Word tell us in Proverbs 28:13 that "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy." and that proverb applies to everyone on this earth, including famous talk show hosts :)
i guess the only person who should really be judging or worried about letterman's staffers is his wife. he's only been married 5 years. leno making fun of him - SO WHAT? that's what they both do...they make fun of each other and i would be every penny I will ever make that if leno was in this situation letterman would have already had a top 10 about it...and it probably wouldn't have been very funny. cuz I don't think either leno or letterman are funny...they are both jerks.
Other then money, I can't imagine anyone wanting to go to bed with him. Total yuck. This means he cheated on his girlfriend, later his wife?
How are we suppose to believe anything that comes out of a celeb's mouth?
Of course not, Jay Leno is the mayor of Chinsylvania!
Love Leno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a surprise!
Leno is a ugly, no talent, unfunny douche bag. He's bringing his whole network down with the same old crap he has delivered (and stolen) for years. Total waste of time to watch his piece of sh*t show. Conan and Jimmy Fallon are WAY better than that talentless hack Leno. He sucks out loud.
Letterman has always been an idiot, I could never understand why he is on the air, but look at low class Jerry Springer, Kardashians and all the other trash America watches. No class. Mostly low classes watch this crap I guess. Anyway what educated boss sleeps with his employess, ..some had to be sexually harrassed.
Letterman has always struck me as an @$$. He has never been funny...minus the top 10 list. There has always been something perverted about him. Well, I guess it was his secret 'flings' with his staff...while dating/marring and having a child with someone else. Our kids are screwed up because we laugh away or excuse this behavior. Whether we or someone else is doing it...there is always some 'good' reasoning for it. In turn, our kids grow up thinkin this is proper behavior. Letterman is a jerk.... he deserves to be strung out by his zipper and have his poor wife and child knock some sense (and morals) into him.
Jay Leno is smart. David Letterman has always been a nasty jerk. Shame on him for using the woman that worked for him for sex!
Dave hasn't been funny in years. But what is funny is that this guy's idea of "protecting his family" is to keep his bad behavior a secret. Um, actually, I think I'd call that protecting yourself, and your family as an afterthought, because I hardly think that there is anyone who would blame his family for his indiscretions. Oh yeah, Dave, you're a real hero. But I think most people's idea of "protecting their family" is something a little bit different.
Letterman used the women who work for him as his personal wh*res. He thinks of women as sl*ts to satisfy him sexually and nothing more. He's made jokes suggesting this attitude towards women for years and years. Ladies who watch him, don't kid yourselves. This guy has no respect for women. He doesn't look at you as equals. How would you feel if you had to work in his workplace where the women who sleep with him are given special treatment? If you're cool with that, fine, keep watching. But keep in mind that there are plenty of other things to watch and do at 11:30.
AWESOME. Dave deserves this. Dave has always been the nastiest of the nasty when it comes to making jokes about OTHER PEOPLE'S sexual peccadilloes.
Letterman is flat with his comedy. His timing and delivery is stale. I watched him 20 years ago and don't bother with him. Not surprisingly, I have found the new format for Jay Leno to be fresh, creative, and topical. The 10PM works for me because I work in the morning. Staying up late to watch Dave or Conan is not worth it. I think late-night TV is dead. They interview the same celebs who are pushing their latest dud movies. I can read film reviews or watch clips online, why would I stay up until midnight? That IS not entertainment.