Jeffrey Toobin had one of the more high-profile gaffes in media history. He was fired after he inadvertently exposed himself to WNYC and The New Yorker colleagues on a 2020 Zoom call. He was subsequently suspended by CNN, before exiting in 2022.
Toobin has since written a book about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and appeared on NewsNation’s Dan Abrams Live Wednesday to promote the book when he was asked about the scandalous incident.
“It was a disaster in my life, self-inflicted, self-destructive, and something I will regret for the rest of my life,” Toobin said. “I have no excuses. I have only apologies, which I have tried to offer to everyone involved.”
He then said that he feels like his life is in a good place after the embarrassment of the incident. However, his hope is that he isn’t remembered forever for the event.
“The whole thing is lousy. If I could rewrite history or go back in time, of course, I would not want to have brought this on myself and more importantly, on my family. But, as we used to say in school, this is on my permanent record. I know that, but I hope it’s not the entirety of my permanent record.”
