Bette Middler Accused Geraldo Rivera Of Drugging And Groping Her

Surely by now you’ve heard that Matt Lauer has been fired from the Today show for being a complete and total perv.

More details are coming out, and they’re even worse than we originally thought. I mean… it’s some pretty messed up stuff. Read about it here, if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

So that’s that.

But then Geraldo Rivera felt the need to get involved… which I don’t understand at all.

Sad about @MLauer great guy, highly skilled & empathetic w guests & a real gentleman to my family & me. News is a flirty business & it seems like current epidemic of #SexHarassmentAllegations may be criminalizing courtship & conflating it w predation. What about #GarrisonKeillor?

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 29, 2017

And he keeps going….

A jerk’s a jerk in dating. #SexHarassment should be confined to situations where superior imposes himself on subordinate who feels unable to complain because of power of perp or feared consequences to victim’s employment. Shouldn’t be used to get even w bad bosses or hated ex’s

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 29, 2017

#SexHarassment allegations should require: 1-made in a timely fashion-say w/n 5 yrs. 2-some contemporaneous corroboration, like witnesses, electronic or written communications. W $ settlements in multi-millions slight chance exists some victims are motivated by more than justice

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 29, 2017

This issue is so red hot right now there is no room for any thought or opinion but hang em high. If News wasn’t (formerly) a flirty biz then how do we explain so many newsroom courtships that have led to happy marriages?

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 29, 2017

I mean… not the right way to say this, dude. Really not a good idea….

The response was pretty swift:

Yeah, real “flirty” to lock women in your office. pic.twitter.com/C0ESuTCIFX

— Allison Babka (@AMBabka) November 29, 2017

Or. pic.twitter.com/acZTJKXCIV

— Allison Babka (@AMBabka) November 29, 2017

Or. pic.twitter.com/B28KE5ENPA

— Allison Babka (@AMBabka) November 29, 2017

Even Fox News issued a statement that Geraldo’s views on this did NOT express their own.

So…why in the WORLD did he go on his little rant?

Is it because HE has been accused of assaulting someone himself?!

Maybe…

She claims that Geraldo and his producer broke two “poppers” under her nose, then dragged her to a bathroom and groped her.

She says this all like it’s not a big deal… which is super weird to me.

Geraldo has since apologized for his tweets:

Reaction to my tweets today on #sexharassment makes clear
I didn’t sufficiently explain that this is a horrendous problem
long hidden-Harassers are deviants who deserve what is coming
to them-Often victims are too frightened to come
forward in a timely fashion-I humbly apologize

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 30, 2017

So either he’s getting all defensive because he’s been WRONGFULLY accused… or he’d getting all defensive because he’s a perv, too.