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CNN chief legal correspondent Jeffrey Toobin returned to the air on Thursday for the first time after being suspended by the network in November after exposing himself on a Zoom call.
Toobin was fired by the New Yorker for the incident after 27 years as a staff writer.
CNN's Alisyn Camerota interviewed Toobin on Thursday. Here's some of what people were saying:
Alisyn Camerota: “To quote Jay Leno, what the hell were you thinking?” Jeffrey Toobin, back on CNN: “Well, obvious… https://t.co/FrEpF29yb0— The Recount (@The Recount) 1623351843.0
how much must toobin love his cnn job to go on national tv and talk about pleasuring himself as a condition of resuming it— Allahpundit (@Allahpundit) 1623352371.0
Alisyn Camerota just called out Jeffery Toobin on live TV and asked him WTF he was thinking for masturbating on a z… https://t.co/yOP3mT3uh0— ❄️ 𝓷𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓱 💃🏾 (@❄️ 𝓷𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓱 💃🏾) 1623350639.0
Jeffrey Toobin on whether he's spoken to those who were on the Zoom call: "They were shocked and appalled. I think they realized that this was not intended for them."
Despite NOT losing his job at CNN, he says he's "privileged" that he will be able to "rebuild" his life. pic.twitter.com/kYmou4uVAH
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 10, 2021
The next time @jaketapper pulls his "CNN is a serious news network" act, he should be forced to watch this Jeffrey… https://t.co/3Y97YAATf2— Bonchie (@Bonchie) 1623352337.0
I just hate it here. Watch this bizarre clip w Toobin. @CNN always got the perverts back but you smash survivors… https://t.co/pwceJuUh77— Tara Reade 🦋 (@Tara Reade 🦋) 1623351915.0
Tuggin Toobin back at CNN…— Irishrygirl (@Irishrygirl) 1623351922.0
Toobin on being fired from The New Yorker: "I thought this punishment was excessive" pic.twitter.com/GiHhK6qQlh
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 10, 2021
Also super uncomfortable for Alisyn Camerota to have to have this conversation with her colleague!! Just shitty for everyone involved!— Emma Vigeland (@Emma Vigeland) 1623351742.0
Here is CNN, pulling a Toobin by pulling out a dick and having us watch it on camera https://t.co/JIpr1tzvGm— dustin (@dustin) 1623352330.0
Alisyn Camerota asks Toobin why he didn't "have better judgment" after having covered the stories of Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Donald Trump, and Anthony Weiner and Toobin's reply?
"Because I didn't have better judgment. Because I'm a flawed human being who makes mistakes." pic.twitter.com/OVJQGRXScA
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 10, 2021
Shit baby, Toobin is back on CNN, nobody tell him to get ahold of himself!!— Shitbaby (@Shitbaby) 1623352375.0
