I always strongly suspected he had something going on with Teri Garr. The chemistry was just that much more, you know, uumph.
There are many accounts of Letterman acting like a grade A asshole to the people who work for him, and he is said to actually have no close friends, a loner who is uncomfortable around others in a private setting.
He has certainly been gleeful about pointing out the moral shortcomings of others throughout the years, and I am hoping that the other late night hosts are quick to point out how pathetic it is for him to have to resort to fucking women that work for him.
I’m guessing that Letterman is considered an “untouchable” in the industry; I don’t think late-night comics ever really go after each other. Even Letterman’s jabs at Leno are just as often self-deprecating as not.
Maybe he went to the cops because he was the target of a crime. It is illegal to blackmail people. I’d go to the police even if the blackmail material were completely frivolous, because it would be foolish to trust that the blackmailer wouldn’t try to find some other way to harm me if Plan A failed. Letterman’s own personal experience gives him good reason to be wary: he had problems with a mentally ill stalker for years, and a few years ago his young son was the target of a kidnapping plot.
Someone who was terrified about the shocking scandalous details of their private life becoming public probably wouldn’t go to the police about a blackmail attempt. That’s certainly what every blackmailer is counting on. Halderman must have expected that Letterman would be too scared to go to the police, but he was obviously wrong on that count.
Yeah, it sounds like someone (Halderman) with a vendetta against Letterman. I’d be worried too if someone started threatening me and demanding money.
He was fond of Warren Zevon, and Zevon was a total sex addict. I wonder if Warren knew about any of this…
Oh, I know your right, the other late night hosts wont dare give Letterman the treatment he deserves, but I would love to see a standup comic (doing a guest spot on Lettermans show) go into a bit about how pathetic it is when a guy who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars cant get laid unless he fucks the hired help!!!
Actually, I don’t know what kind of relationship Howard Stern has these days with Letterman, but he has a guy that does a dead-on impersonation of the Late Night host (“Evil Dave”). Stern could have a lot of fun with this (and probably would have in the old days) but he seems to have mellowed out too much.
Just search for Evil Dave on YouTube and be amazed.
An inspired scumbag is still a scumbag.
NOW had this to say about Letterman’s earlier “joke”. http://www.now.org/issues/media/hall-of-shame/index.php?s=letterman&sentence=AND&submit=Search
If he hadn’t attacked Palin’s older daughter in the scumbag way he did, there wouldn’t be any apology necessary. It’s still his responsibility for making it. His “It’s just a joke” non-apology isn’t enough.
I wonder how many of those affairs took place when his was living with his then wife-to-be. I wonder what she thinks. I’m sure he had a pre-nup, but it’d be fun to see him get divorced.
Wow, this Halderman guy made a lot of rookie mistakes. They should really teach blackmailing courses in community college.
First of all, you don’t start right out at $2 million, that’s just being greedy. Start small, a few 10s of thousands of dollars.
And don’t ever meet with the blackmailee of his lawyer in person. Don’t even let on who you are. Get all your pay outs in cash in paper bags left in public trash cans.
But most importantly, you need to consider when blackmail is really appropriate. In a case like this, consensual heterosexual affairs involving adults, you’re better off just taking whatever proof you have and selling it to a tabloid.
What the hell was he doing even OPENING IT?!?!?! He’s had a history of stalkers. I find a package in the back seat of my car that I know I didn’t put there I’m running like a MOFO and calling the bomb squad. :eek:
Gawker.com pastes this Halderman guy as a bit of an all round dick.
This is about the weakest scandal I’ve ever heard of. He wasn’t even married, so who gives a shit? How is it a scandal for a single guy to get laid. Good for him. What’s the point of being rich and famous if you can’t get hip deep in it?
Wait, this just gets better and better. So the guy trying to blackmail Letterman for having consensual sex with his subordinates has a reputation for sleeping with colleagues and subordinates, and even has been divorced over it. :smack:
You Misspelled Sandra Bernhard.
Carson Daly. His show on NBC, Last Call with Carson Daly, follows Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It’s been on since 2002.
That shows how old some of us are. I, too, thought that was Johnny Carson and have never heard of Carson Daly.
As a sex scandal this rates about a 2; as a media story (celebrity, blackmail, confessions, mystery) however, it’s right up there. At least an 8.
Well, that’s one way of spinning it. Or, you could just figure that he spends a lot of time at work, so most of the people he knows are at work.
Finally saw some footage last night – my question is, how old is Robert Morgenthau? It looks like they dragged him out of the stroke clinic for that press conference.
This story just may become more interesting. A story in the NY Post detailing the Letterman/Birkitt romance says *[t]he affair ended after Lasko gave birth to Letterman’s son, Harry, in 2003, sources said. * Uh oh.
Also: Birkitt apparently left behind evidence, including photos, of her steamy affair with Letterman. Double uh oh!
I guess we’ll find out whether or not Regina Lasko knew about what was going on.
I stand corrected. The late-night hosts did go after Letterman last night.
From the NY Post:
“If you came here for sex with a talk show host, you came to the wrong place,” **Leno **said to start his monologue at 10 p.m.
** Jimmy Fallon**: “There’s a new book out called ‘Why Women Have Sex’ that says there are 237 reasons why women have sex,” he said. “And folks, Letterman knows the top 10.”