David Letterman apologizes to wife 10/05/2009
David Letterman once again used his show as a platform to discuss his current controversial sex scandals. HIs opening line, you have to admit was funny. In fact his entire monologue was.
“Did your weekend just fly by?” he asked awkwardly, and the audience ate it up, roaring with intense laughter.
You’ve got to give the guy credit. He’s hysterically funny and can laugh at himself. He goes on, “I get into the car this morning and the navigation lady wasn’t speaking to me.”
That’s right Dave, make people laugh and they forgive. Dave is no dummy. I still think it is a great thing that he is confronting the issue head-on. People are crucifying him for this scandal, but really, who cares? That’s between he and his wife. Why does everyone care so much? The only person who needs to be concerned about this is his wife, Regina Lasko.
I am not condoning what he did, but hell, he’s not my husband.
Dave apologized to his wife on his show last night, all funnies aside. He said:
“She has been horribly hurt by my behavior, and when something happens like that, if you hurt a person and it’s your responsibility, you try to fix it. At that point, there’s only two things that can happen: Either you’re going to make some progress and get it fixed, or you’re going to fall short and perhaps not get it fixed, so let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for me.”
He also apologized for the strain the scandal has put on his staff at Late Night with David Letterman.
“I’m terribly sorry that I put the staff in that position. Inadvertently, I just wasn’t thinking ahead. And, moreover, the staff here has been wonderfully supportive to me, not just through this furor, but through all the years that we’ve been on television and especially all the years here at CBS, so, again, my thanks to the staff for, once again, putting up with something stupid I’ve gotten myself involved in.”
What is your opinion on this? Do you agree that we should just leave it alone and move on and let his wife do the lashing – or do you think he needs to “pay” publicly for what he has done?
i’m over it already. while it was very poor judgement on his part to cheat on his gf and sleep with women who work for him, the affair was between adults. i agree it’s now between him and his wife.
In my personal opinion, he is paying publicly. I’ve been in similar positions, the only difference being not on national tv. It’s humiliating enough having all your friends and family see you go thru this, let alone all of freaking America. Everybody makes mistakes. These are the things that either make you, or break you. I’m not condoning what he did, I’m just saying that people screw up, sometimes it takes serious shit like this happening to change your behavior. This is between him and his wife, and if they have any chance of working it out, they need to be left in peace to do so.
The workplace romance is happening at every single office in America at one time or another – I’ve seen it happen every place I’ve ever worked. People spend more time with their coworkers than with a spouse or loved one. He was not married when this happened, and he seems like to be stepping up to the plate – nobody ever would have known had the other person kept a scrapbook about the affair in the first place and she ended up with a loser who tried to blackmail her ex lover. That was just a stupid thing to do. It appears really the only crime is the blackmail attempt so I hope he ends up in prison when he belongs.
Dave didn’t hurt anyone except the person near and dear to him, and his wife is supposed to be a very cool person so I am pretty sure they will get through this, I hope so but at this point it’s a personal matter from here on out.
People need to get their panties unwound over this, what other people do as long as everyone is legal and consenting is their business. Lettermans wife is the only person to whom he owes an apology. If any of his staff did something that they feel remorseful for.. grow up, get therapy, and stop consenting.
Sometimes people do Stupid things..is in the past. They should let it go and get a life.
He has paid enough. I’m sure this is not an isolated case among workmates. I hope he is forgiven.
-meream
He isn’t a politician who lied to his constituents or who could be blackmailed into giving political favors-he’s in the entertainment industry. He fessed up-it’s between Dave and his family.