Dave Did It His Way
So, David Letterman has an active libido. What’s all the fuss about? I have no idea of the dynamic between the man and his longtime girlfriend, now wife. But whatever he did with amenable women within his own organization appears to have been private.
So, David Letterman has an active libido.
What’s all the fuss about?
I have no idea of the dynamic between the man and his longtime girlfriend, now wife. But whatever he did with amenable women within his own organization appears to have been private.
As to Dave’s decision to publicly denounce the lump of human feces who tried to blackmail him, I say, “Way to go!”
It wasn’t a paramour who objected to Dave’s behavior; in fact, not one woman has ever come forward to call foul. The guy who perpetrated a felony against Letterman as a way out of serious debt — using his girlfriend’s affair with the late night star as an excuse — is the only person complaining.
Now, a scurrilous defense attorney is suggesting that numerous female employees were victimized by Dave, women who have yet to come forth with sordid tales of sexual harassment and abuse.
It’s curious how, in all these years, not one woman has leveled a complaint or filed charges against this man.
It’s the nature of the beast that many individuals would willingly and adoringly jump at the chance to engage in a round or two of patty-cake with a celebrity; only someone who exists in a vacuum would be incapable of comprehending how certain folks might throw themselves at a rich, popular, and powerful person.
I sincerely doubt that Dave would need to coerce some congenial younger underling into hopping into the sack; an absence of grievances or accusations suggests that he’s a guy who knows the meaning of “No.”
Recent revelations go a long way in explaining why he waited so long to get married again.
As for his relationship with his wife, hopefully things will work out for the best. As Dave recently said in front of a nationwide audience regarding that part of his life, “I’ve got my work cut out for me.”
The rest of the media, eager to assassinate anybody’s character for the least of trivialities, can’t do enough to vilify this entertainer for doing exactly what entertainers do. For instance, promiscuity was expected of Frank Sinatra, so nobody flinched a muscle at his “romances.” Conversely, Dean Martin was often accused of dalliances with young women, yet those who knew him well would be quick to point out that he was ever the loyal husband — being flirtatious was part of his public image, as was the ever-present Martini in his hand.
From virtually every media outlet, national as well as local, talking heads who could never in five lifetimes come close to matching David Letterman’s popularity are slamming the man as though he were an elected official who betrayed a public trust.
What the guy did was exercise his ego… while single. Hell, both Clint Eastwood and John Wayne engaged almost every one of their female co-stars in hanky panky, and nobody ever blinked an eye of concern.
If I were in Letterman’s place, I might partake of such engagements, too. Even Don Rickles has often explained how he held off on marriage until he was 40-ish because, as a performer (and a friend of Sinatra’s), there were plenty of amiable young women hanging around.
As with the irate reaction of a thin-skinned and not ready for media scrutiny Sarah Palin several months ago regarding a joke he made (okay, it was in bad taste, but “Bible Spice” had sometime earlier kicked the door wide open concerning its subject matter), this latest revealment seems only to have served as a boost to Dave’s ratings — in each instance I increased my viewing of his show. From all appearances, it has neither negatively impacted nor diminished his fan base.
To the defense attorney who is throwing around unfounded charges of sexual harassment while trying to garner sympathy in the court of public opinion for his client, we’re all well aware that is no defense for felonious behavior. Whatever transpired between David and any woman has no bearing upon your client’s greedy downward plunge into extortion.
To those star wannabes in the media who have assailed David Letterman over this issue, how about looking in a mirror before judging someone else. There are evils far worse in the world upon which to spend precious airtime and wordplay. This is yet another instance wherein you’re exposing your own smallness.
Whatever behavior the man engaged in with whomever, it was the business of those involved, and, as consenting adults, strictly of a private, personal nature.
Oh, yeah, by the way, despite your obvious jealousy over David Letterman’s success, all indications are he did nothing illegal.
(Erstwhile Philosopher and former Educator Jerry Tenuto is a veteran who survived, somewhat emotionally intact, seven years in the U.S. Army. Despite a penchant for late-night revelry, he managed to earn BS and MA Degrees in Communications from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. On advice from a therapist, he continues to bang out his weekly “Out Of The Blue” feature in The Lone Star Iconoclast — providing much-needed catharsis. Jerry is also licensed to perform marriage ceremonies in 45 states.)
