If David Letterman Had An Affair BEFORE He Was Married, How Is He An Adulterer?

[romantico]

I keep hearing today people refer to Dave as adulterer but if this all happened before this past March when he got married how is he an adulterer? I am hearing this all happened in 2003 before his son was even born.I just HATE it when people report only parts of a story!

[LisaM]

1. Oh, I know

I'm not saying Dave was right, but people need to get a grip.

[tblue]

2. Yeah, and who cares anyway? It's his and (maybe) his family's problem. None of our business!

[get the red out]

15. +1

If people don't know what this is REALLY all about they need to give up. This is retaliation, period. David Letterman never sought public office, never prayed against "witches", never riled up crowds to yell "kill him"......

There are a lot of things he hasn't done, but others have.

He also had the President on recently and it was a very supportive interview, I can't imagine the paragons of virtue on the other side liked that much. David Vitter probably needed a diaper change, and I bet Lindsay Graham almost slammed the closet door on his thumb.

[Common Sense Party]

19. And I'm sure he'll remember that the next time he makes jokes

about someone else's sexual indiscretions. Hypocrite.

[gateley]

3. I even heard a reporter on MSBNC allude to something WORSE (which I won't

repeat). These people are soooooo unworthy of bringing us the 'news'.

[RetroLounge]

4. It's the latest OUTRAGE!

OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE!
OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE!
OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE! OUTRAGE!

RL

[thunder rising]

5. Last I heard he was a late night comic ... not the fucking pope

[FiveGoodMen]

6. And anyway, if people can't keep their big fat noses out of other peoples' sex lives...

...then they can go fuck themselves.


Goddamnit! Grow up, everybody!

[EmeraldCityGrl]

7. He was in a twenty year committed relationship.

That being said, he handled it with finesse and the rest of it is none of our business.

As far as sex scandals go, this one is uneventful.

[romantico]

14. Don't

Don't forget we are a country obsessed with sex scandals. Nudity in film or media is a perversion but violence is acceptable. We are a country who lets Bush get away with all his crimes and impeach Clinton for a blow job.My Mom told me she heard on the radio this morning that some organizers are demanding he be fired. Is it possible he and his GF were separated when this happened? Is it possible his wife has known about this for years and still married him? It's the Clinton years all over again. What do we tell the children?

[RaleighNCDUer]

25. Sometimes stepping out of a committed relationship reveals to the

person just how committed he is to the relationship.

Surviving a heart attack can prompt a person to unusual activities.

[cbdo2007]

8. We dont' even know that him and his girlfriend weren't on a break.

I've had long term relationships before where we took a few months off to re-evaluate the situation.

Hell, he says he broke it off before his son was born. How do we know his assistant didn't have the baby FOR him and his girlfriend, as I think Dave's gf is pretty old and would have trouble getting pregnant.

I'm not saying that's possible or even probable...but we don't know the full story, nor is it any of our business.

The only crime here is the extortion from the idiot who accepted a $2 Million check rather than "large unmarked bills" :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. He admitted he had an affair.

"I totally cheated on my wife. Plus, I got my employees drunk and took advantage of them. Susan Boyle. Susan Boyle."

[redqueen]

13. LOL

[kestrel91316]

10. The only part of this that I MIGHT find a way to care about is if it involved

anything along the lines of workplace sexual harrassment. Otherwise, who gives a shit?

Glad the blackmailer has been arrested. Blackmail is a crime.

[KamaAina]

11. Because he's not a Republican?

at least, I don't think he is; I see him as more of a Bill Maher-style independent.

Leno, on the other hand... :puke:

edit: spelling

[CLANG]

12. Even if he is an adulterer - why should I be concerned?

[Kalyke]

16. Not so much an adultery in the legal sense, but still a cheat.

He was in a long-standing relationship with Regina before 2003.

Are you telling me that if your partner/fiance cheated on you before you married that it wouldn't hurt any less?

That said, I don't know the particulars of their relationship. Maybe they dated others and then it got more serious.

But, in the abstract, I lived with my husband before we were married and I considered it a monogamous relationship. Had he cheated before we tied the knot, he'd be a cheat (and without me - I would have broken up with him), but not technically an adulterer.

[cherish44]

17. If the affair was before his marriage he's a fornicator not an adulterer

both are tickets on the #666 express train to HELL!

[liberalmuse]

18. The only disturbing aspect of this...

other than some stupid fuck who should know better dug into his girlfriend's personal stuff and then used it to try and to extort money from him, is that he was the boss and had relationships with his employees. That being said, I'm not really surprised at this 'shocking' revelation. I used to wonder if that were the case whenever I'd see a cute female staffer get segments on his show, not that it was any of my business. I highly doubt that Letterman had to pressure anyone to have sex with him. He is the object of many a female crush, and an all around nice guy. He's also witty and highly intelligent which certainly doesn't hurt.

[BlooInBloo]

20. The sex police just have to make up SOMETHING that he did wrong...

They're trying with sexual harassment innuendos and bunch of other things.

The virtue of the specific one you mention is that it's at least in the *ballpark* of being true. Its downside is that it's not that important.

[Flaneur]

21. Who cares?

[laughingliberal]

22. I have no idea why this is of such interest to people

David Letterman is an entertainer. He is not responsible for passing any laws which would affect my life. He lives or dies on ratings and support of advertisers. As for hypocrisy, he does joke about other peoples' scandals but he is not the one who breaks the news on these. His jokes, like most comics, focus on the news of the day. Not that it's any of my business, but I do seem to remember there have been times in the past when it seemed his relationship was on hiatus. He has kept his personal life out of the limelight and not ever given out many details and his partner (wife since March) has followed suit. Considering he was just married in March I would surmise most of these 'affairs' occurred before that. I have no idea if it was during times when his primary relationship was on or off and I don't think it's really any of my business.
Dave has always been the most intelligent and progressive of the late night talk show hosts and I intend to continue watching when he is on and I am still awake.

[tridim]

23. Americans often forget that even celebrities are human.

Evident in the "Hollywood Liberal" meme the RW is so fond of.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

24. INOKIYAD. Or INOKIYAL. -nt

[xchrom]

26. cause DU says so -- goddamnit!!! -- and don't you DARE

contradict that!

[Madrone]

27. Hmm. Maybe in the same way a Republican having an affair is a "Family Vaules" proponent.

ie:

He ain't.

;)