Jeffrey Toobin comeback? he is on CNN talking about that time he was caught masturbating on zoom

[IcyPeas]

his mea culpa:

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, if one disgraced cable news staple has to come back, better Toobin than that a'hole Halperin

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Yes, I know Mark Halperin was an MSNBC commentator, while Toobin was a CNN legal analyst, but the point remains. Halperin and his nasty misogyny and pattern of sexual harassment should not get a second chance, IMO.

[Raine]

34. Halperin is currently on Newsmax TV, apparently nothing is so bad

that a slap on the wrist isn't punishment enough.

[MerryHolidays]

2. That takes courage

Yes, I am sure cynics will say he's doing it to get back his income....so what if he is? He's taken time off and trying to come back in life. That's what counts. This is an issue between him and his family, and perhaps his employers.

I value his insights, so I do hope he returns to being a CNN regular.

[Vinca]

3. Was he in the studio and, if not, how can they be sure . . . oh, never mind.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Hmm...

... that's fine, but something is very wrong. Why do you need "therapy" to learn how to make sure your Zoom is off before you are? There is nothing wrong in masturbating, so why did he need therapy? I'm really not following the line of thinking... maybe that's to make CNN or viewer feel better? If he needs that much help in knowing when the Zoom is off, then... but, wait, he's not dumb... just don't get this at all...

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Perhaps the fact that he felt compelled to masturbate

during working hours?

Perhaps he felt it showed he was not as in control of his actions as he would like to feel that he is?

Just spit-balling here.

[Mike Nelson]

11. Well...

... okay, maybe. I assumed he was home, also... since that's when people Zoom. I was thinking, after I posted, that there might be something about the Zoom call that's a "turn on" - and that might need therapy.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

20. Well yeah I assume he was home as well

I'm just saying I could see someone concluding they don't have their sexual impulses in proper control after doing something like this, given all the inherent consequences, and seeking some help with the problem ... whether they're at home or not.

I'm pretty sure he knew he was on a Zoom call, at minimum. If the situation was he thought he was totally alone and the camera just popped on of it's own accord and caught him doing that, THEN I would agree with your assessment that therapy doesn't really make sense

[madinmaryland]

16. I have been on at least a couple of hundred of those video conference and

NEVER have I had the urge to pull down my pants and masturbate during one of those meeting. Never even thought about it.

[panader0]

37. You shouldn't say "spit-balling" when you're talking about masturbation.

Unless it was intentional, in which case--that's a good one.....

[Hugh_Lebowski]

40. Innuendo? ME?

Are you jerking me around?

[Blue_true]

45. Therapy helps him get his old job back.

He likely had more than one screen open and forgot he was on Zoom while looking at most likely porn.

[Mike Nelson]

51. I think...

... that's logical. At least, it makes sense!

[CTyankee]

56. This is carrying "multi-tasking" a bit too far...

[Blue_true]

59. And he got carried away with it too, so it looks. nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Good example of why I have no camera on my computer

I can't possibly make any sort of mistake like this one

[Blue_true]

46. I have not had to buy a computer in the last two years.

But don’t some newer systems have cameras that work through the monitor? If so, you make be unexpectedly putting on a show one day.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

47. Lol ... I've been programming since 1979 and made my living in web development since 2000

I've never owned a desktop computer I didn't build piece by piece ... motherboard, cpu, cpu cooler, hard drives, optical drive, memory sticks, graphics card, PSU, fans, case, etc.

That includes buying the monitor and being very aware of its capabilities

Some might make that mistake, but I'm not one of those people

[Blue_true]

50. You are set. No through the screen surprises for you. nt

[Boomerproud]

6. There is something called emotional intelligence.

So many are lacking in it. Therapy...please.

[Patterson]

8. If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

[Haggard Celine]

9. She really dropped the ball with her questioning.

She should have asked why he was in therapy and how often does he masturbate. Is he a sex addict or does he just think about sex and play with himself? Does he think he's a bad person? Why is he volunteering at all of these places, does he feel like he's got to expiate his sins? Lots of opportunity to get to the meat of the matter.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

22. I'm thinking ... maybe I don't really want to know all that

Of course I realize there's a chance you might be joking here

[Carlitos Brigante]

10. Definitely a sticky situation. nt

[USALiberal]

32. FFS, sick!

[Carlitos Brigante]

53. You'll live... nt

[greenjar_01]

12. Cancel culture run amok

Or aground, as it were.

[Sneederbunk]

19. Three strokes and you are out.

[LanternWaste]

35. I'm guessing someone told him "no shirt, no shoes, no service..."

and he responded with social upheaval.

[Big Blue Marble]

13. Toobin in therapy?

Is this Jeffrey's Complaint?

[BlueLucy]

14. It was not an accident.

Masterbating on zoom and pretending it was an accident is the 21st century way of men exposing themselves to women. Most women have been "flashed" multiple times in their life.

[NNadir]

23. I recently learned it happened to my wife pretty much every day when she was a teenager.

It's funny, but after 35 years of marriage, she never mentioned it.

When she was 16 to 18, she used to work "temp" jobs in Manhattan, and there was a guy on one assignment who used to come early and masturbate openly, behind his desk, whenever she came in and there was no one else there.

Creepy...

She never told me about it. She said, it was "no big deal..."

Um, um, um...

I knew she was a sophisticated jaded kid, but really...

From some of the stories she told me about her youth, I think she was fairly close to being a rape situation a number of times.

[BlueLucy]

26. It happened so often it feels like no big deal.

It's the truth.

[NNadir]

30. I guess...

I knew a number of stories about men, often older men perving on her, including some men she actually dated and then regretted dating.

But really, jerking off every morning in the office...???...

Really???...

I guess she married me because I was the first guy she met who could gracefully take "no" for an answer, prompting her, after some time and consideration, and lots of opportunities to say "no" to me, to say, "yes."

She has made my life worth living.

When I first met her, I thought she was beautiful, but the funny thing is that I realize, now that we have grown old together, is that back then I had no clue whatsoever why and how she was beautiful. I had no idea what "beautiful" was, and apparently, neither did a lot of other men it seems. I guess I was just another "dumb' guy, but at least I recognized there was a person, a human being, sensitive and soulful, bright, supportive, giving, loving, behind those looks, and that is all the beauty of these 35 years.

It breaks my heart that she went through those things when she was young, and I am grateful that I have had the chance to treat her with the respect she deserves.

My in-laws were not attentive parents. They just let her waltz into these crazy places. When I hear these stories I recognize it could have gone very bad...very bad...

It doesn't strike me as "normal." I'd like to believe it isn't.

[Blue_true]

48. I heard about a situation where a guy jerked off on a female engineer's

desk. A remote camera system caught the guy in the act and his ass was fired. That was just one thing that I heard of during my rather cloistered life, I can only imagine what the larger world looked like.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

25. It's possible. It's also possible it was an accident.

I really don't think you know with the level of certainty you're implying.

[BlueLucy]

27. When you take into account his other indiscretions..

Cheating on his wife, having a love child he denies. There are many scandals involving Toobin. Here is one. https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cnn-jeffrey-toobin-made-shockingly-sexual-proposition-well-known-media-figure-claims-article-1.198127

[Hugh_Lebowski]

29. I'd say the evidence definitely supports the idea that he has sexual impulse control problems

Otherwise he'd not be jerking off during a major work call.

Like I said, it's possible it was intentional. But I'd need to see evidence/accounts that he'd exposed himself in this way other times for me to be as certain as you are in this case.

MHO, YMMV

[Skittles]

42. mmmm

while I am sure it happens, I seriously doubt Toobin would have done that on purpose, to multiple people (and not just women)

[48656c6c6f20]

57. How do you know it was for women?

There were men on the zoom call.

[Rustyeye77]

15. Spank that monkey, Jeff !!

[Rustyeye77]

17. Choke that Chicken, Jeff !!

[Sneederbunk]

18. CNN trying to give Toobin a hand up.

[Rustyeye77]

21. Buff that Banana, Jeff!!

[obnoxiousdrunk]

24. Was he the

master of his domain ?

[UTUSN]

28. Methinks nobody will be able to look at him and *not* have the visual image!1

So, anything he's talking about will be blocked out. Plus, specimens like his nemesis DERSCHOWITZ will whip it out (intended) whenever they want to wreck him in debates.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

31. yeah #metoo is really getting out of control wrecking men's lives

[Rustyeye77]

38. Ya think?

When did you notice that?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

49. When we never heard from this guy again.

[Mr.Bill]

33. [Kramer] I'm out! [Kramer]

[HiramWisdom]

36. He really is a scumbag

He got his friends daughter pregnant and then pressured her to have an abortion. She had to run him down and take him to court to get child support. We don't need him on our team!

[Red Mountain]

39. Really?

That's enough. Ditch him.

[HiramWisdom]

43. Yes

https://abovethelaw.com/2010/05/the-jeffrey-toobin-casey-greenfield-drama-rolls-on/

[Efilroft Sul]

41. If Pee-wee Herman can make a comeback after strangling Kojak, so could Jeffrey Toobin.

Toobin's first words should've been, "Heard any good jokes lately?"

[HiramWisdom]

44. Toobin's a scumbag

https://abovethelaw.com/2010/05/the-jeffrey-toobin-casey-greenfield-drama-rolls-on/

[Efilroft Sul]

54. Dang, Spanky's got some issues! Like, a whole subscription.

Didn't know about all that!

[struggle4progress]

52. Was that wrong?

[Azathoth]

58. How many people have conducted business calls while taking a crap?

Jerking off, taking a crap, picking your nose, shaving your armpits, changing the baby's diaper, getting a blowjob from your wife... all of this probably happens on audio calls more than any of us want to know, especially telecons where participants are expected to sit idly for long periods of time. The downside of telecommuting is that it erases the boundary between professional spaces and private spaces.

The only difference now is that webcams are everywhere.