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leahraewku
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NBR: Lets talk Letterman
leahraewku
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Apparently, on tonight's episode he publicly apologizes to his wife and female staffers.
https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/05/david.letterman.apology/index.html
I'm not sure how I feel about the whole situation. He wasn't married, so he wasn't committing adultery. However, I feel like he abused a position of power and never should have been engaging in sexual relationships with his subordinates. I'm interested to hear everyone's opinion on the situation.
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Re: NBR: Lets talk Letterman
I completely disagree. He is an adult, she is an adult, who cares if they work together or not. There is only 1 person at fault in the whole situation, and it's the person who tried to blackmail him.
Me: 37
DH: 36
Married: 08-25-07
DS: 11-20-09
Name change alert: Formerly Lisswastaken
I have dated a direct boss before and in no way do I feel like my boss abused a position of power. I dated him becuase I found him attractive. Since leaving college every man I dated I met at work, including my DH.
It doesn't bother me at all.
What I find slightly funny is that the focus of this all is on David Letterman having sexual relations with staff and not the CBS guy that was trying to extort money from him.
I would have to agree. Barring finding out that he sexually assaulted his staffers, this doesn't phase me. Lets not forget that some women are attracted to men in power - ie dating your boss. It happens all the time and some women enjoy these relationships. I have full faith that if any woman working for him felt sexuallly* harassed, she would be smart enough to know she had a great lawsuit in her hands.
He wasn't married so he wasn't "technically" committing adultery, but he has been with his then gf/now wife since 1986- and *they have a son together*. It's still cheating- so why isn't it sleazy? I'm not opposed to workplace relationships - if both people are single (not dating someone else, not just "not married")... But if your boss had a gf of 20+ years, had a child with her....and was sleeping with multiple other women at work- you wouldn't think he was a jerk? Or perhaps taking advantage of his wealth/fame/power/position? Ethical issues aside- he is employed by "World Wide Pants"- which is supposed to follow the network's policy on workplace relationships, which is to notify HR about the at-work relationship. He did not do that, so at the very least, he wasn't following company policy.