We know that Geraldo Rivera is often the guy in the news business who goes where no one else wants to go, but after this tweet, he’d probably be best off heading back to Al Capone’s vault and sealing himself in.
As more and more disturbing allegations come out against Lauer, the less it seems he was engaged in “flirty business,” unless his idea of courtship is locking the door and dropping your pants.
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
This will not go well for Geraldo.
"News is a flirty business…" What? https://t.co/X00SHfyAdJ
— Rachel Tepper Paley (@racheltepper) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/935978131273535488
https://twitter.com/Yelix/status/935978696015597568
News is NOT a flirty business https://t.co/9PBwGshOIF
— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) November 29, 2017
Think we have our next target… https://t.co/Kr4wXqcjdl
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) November 29, 2017
Surely this guy is next. https://t.co/jY7U1YXkDm
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) November 29, 2017
Sounds like a man testing out his future defense… https://t.co/gVzLQSCJyg
— Armen Changelian (@ArmenChangelian) November 29, 2017
Is there something you want to tell us? https://t.co/xKOPbTfygE
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 29, 2017
Seriously.
I think you'll want to read the rest of the Variety piece first, Geraldo. Seems more than flirty. https://t.co/CxeuLp7NJy
— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) November 29, 2017
How do you wait and tweet this AFTER the Variety story breaks??? https://t.co/9p16xontc6
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) November 29, 2017
Is this real? https://t.co/2yJG4V9gUQ
— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/alissamarie/status/935979104750505987
"Courtship" includes an office lock-door button? https://t.co/3W2xGIYqrd
— Steven Lemongello (@SteveLemongello) November 29, 2017
Guys, it's not a creepy predator's remote lock, it's a "courtship button"! https://t.co/bQXb3pkI8B
— George Scriban (@scribandotcom) November 29, 2017
"Courtship?" You might want to delete this, @GeraldoRivera. https://t.co/FocQlLvIYx
— Nick Searcy, ZOMBIELIKE CULT MEMBER AND STAR (@yesnicksearcy) November 29, 2017
ah yes, pressing a secret button to lock a pretty lady in your secluded basement office, the flirtation technique we all know and love https://t.co/uEupr8GHOD
— Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) November 29, 2017
If he doesn't take me hostage on a first date, I don't even really count it. https://t.co/OfBjXiQIbJ
— Alana Massey (@AlanaMassey) November 29, 2017
Guy who installed Geraldo's remote lock button: "Uh-oh" https://t.co/zOAlDeWqlo
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) November 29, 2017
Yes, who among us doesn't enjoy being "courted" in a room where the door was secretly locked behind us as soon as we walked in? https://t.co/XnzmeUmIv5
— Mike Madden (@MikeMadden) November 29, 2017
Excuse me, Geraldo, dropping one's pants and sending a co-worker a sex toy is not courtship. https://t.co/ue5qnzCkVJ
— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/amygdalameltdwn/status/935978271833051136
He "courted" women by locking them in his office and showing them his penis. Delete your account. https://t.co/hL4rDLHt4s
— Apparent Steve (@Steverocks35) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/935977633346617344
https://twitter.com/sun_tzu_news/status/935978927364935680
"New is a flirty business?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME? https://t.co/PHPNzJsLA8
— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) November 29, 2017
Apparently Geraldo thinks showing your dick to a woman with the expectation of sexual favors is just "flirty" https://t.co/PK7v2FwgZm
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) November 29, 2017
Is taking your penis out in front of a subordinate and then reprimanding them for not doing anything with you now considered "flirty"? https://t.co/O26OLF63Se
— Steven Rich (@dataeditor) November 29, 2017
Nothing in the Variety story should ever be described as “flirty” or “courtship.” https://t.co/03JIexcUyX
— Matt Viser (@mviser) November 29, 2017
Even for Geraldo this is spectacularly stupid. https://t.co/eKqFqUXPe0
— Drew Savicki (@SenhorRaposa) November 29, 2017
I don’t say this often but: delete your account. https://t.co/IUTKBB7297
— Melissa Green (@ProfCritic) November 29, 2017
This is seriously grotesque. Retire Geraldo. https://t.co/ZAwtujTWcp
— Calvin (@calvinstowell) November 29, 2017
Hey Geraldo, how about you Geraldon't? https://t.co/PVM2uERhV5
— miller lowlife (@astacusmarinus) November 29, 2017
WHAT SECRETS ARE HIDDEN IN GERALDO RIVERA'S VAULT? https://t.co/uxyMiPTsi6
— Sigh Hersh, Persuasive Authority (@Ugarles) November 29, 2017
Everyone's making a big deal about the "flirty business" line. Fine. But I had ten bucks on "Garrison Keilor Whataboutism" in the pool. Pays off at 100,000 to one. I'm rich! https://t.co/M1zn0TEnLz
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) November 29, 2017
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