I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers,” Toobin said in a statement to VICE, which first reported the suspension. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says hes leaving the network, nearly two years after the Zoom incident that derailed his career. Toobin, who is also the chief legal analyst on CNN, has said he was unaware that he was visible on camera during the incident. I don’t know if you remember, Whoopi, what you used to tell us - ‘put something over that.’ I take my cameras and my devices very seriously, so this is not a mistake that happens very easily.”īut Haines was unable to resist one more joke to close out her arguments: “This is why I’m grateful that Joy waits until 12:01 to take off her bra.” “I’m so sorry, I know there is a lot of seriousness to this topic, it’s just really hard because I can’t fathom a situation where this is the option A and B,” she added.Īfter regaining her composure, she told the audience about “The View’s” own rules about turning their cameras on and off between segments.Īlso Read: Fauci Quotes 'The Godfather' After Trump Calls Him a 'Disaster:' 'Nothing Personal, Strictly Business' During a break in proceedings, according to Vice's sources, Mr Toobin appeared to be on a different Zoom call but was seen moments later on camera touching. Toobin announced the move in a tweet, saying he was glad to spend his last day on the air with friends Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper.
I very much miss the days when Jennifer went to the bathroom and forgot to turn off her camera.” NEW YORK (AP) Jeffrey Toobin, who rejoined CNN as a legal analyst after stepping away in the wake of exposing himself to colleagues in a Zoom call, said Friday that he was leaving the network after 20 years. “And I’m not going to be able to unsee this. STV News Participating in Zoom work meetings can be hazardous to your employment just ask Jeffrey Toobin, best selling author, staff writer for The New.
“This was during an election simulation, which is - I’m sorry - the most unsexy thing I’ve ever heard of,” she said. FORMER CNN anchor Jeffrey Toobin hit the headlines in 2020 after he was caught masturbating on a Zoom call about a presidential election podcast for WNYC.