"That's exactly what I've tried not to do. We've heard what I like to think of as the 'politician apology'-which is 'I'm sorry, if you were offended,' which always sounds to me like 'I've said the words now get off my back.' "We've covered a lot of political scandals. And that is something that I have tried to continue to do, both publicly and privately. And it was that day that I began apologizing. "I think they realize that this was not intended for them, that this was something that I would immediately regret, as I certainly did. I spoken to several of my former colleagues at The New Yorker about it. Toobin: "Well, I haven't just thought about it. Have you ever thought about what it must have been like to be on the receiving end of that Zoom call?" I'm in therapy, trying to do some public service, working in a food bank, which I certainly am going to continue to do, working on a new book about the Oklahoma City bombing, but I am trying to become the kind of person that people can trust again."Ĭamerota: "I'm sure you've replayed that embarrassing moment over and over many times. "I have spent these seven subsequent months, miserable months in my life I can certainly confess, trying to be a better person. This was deeply moronic and indefensible. Toobin: "Correct, I thought that I had turned off the Zoom call. I didn't think other people could see me."Ĭamerota: "So you thought that you had turned off your camera?" "I think one point, I wouldn't exactly say in my defense, because nothing is really in my defense, I didn't think I was on the call. And it was something that was inexplicable to me. Toobin: "Well, obviously, I wasn't thinking very well or very much. To quote Jay Leno, 'What the hell were you thinking?'" Sad to say."Ĭamerota: "OK, so let's start there. And you since then have been on leave from CNN. You were subsequently fired from that job after 27 years of working there. Everyone took a break for several minutes, during which time you were caught masturbating on camera. "In October, you were on a Zoom call with your colleagues from The New Yorker magazine. So I guess I'll recap, I'll do the honors. Full transcriptĬamerota: "I feel like we should address what's happened in the months since we've seen you, since some of our viewers may not know what has happened. Their conversation has been transcribed by Newsweek. Toobin has now returned to his role as a CNN legal analyst, but a number of high-profile conservative figures have criticized the network for allowing him back on air.ĬNN anchor Alisyn Camerota addressed the controversy with Toobin on Thursday. In a statement after the incident last October, Toobin said he had made an embarrassingly stupid mistake" when he believed he was off-camera. Toobin was fired by the magazine after he exposed himself while on a Zoom call with his colleagues. Jeffrey Toobin has spoken about the scandal that led to his firing from The New Yorker during his first appearance on CNN after an eight-month absence.
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