You're probably wondering what the deal is with this David Letterman scandal. This article seems to have the most complete info on it.
Do we think this will hurt Mr. Letterman's career any? Not one bit. Not unless one of the staff members in question charges non-consensual relations or job-related pressuring or something really, really kinky. What it will do to Dave's personal life is anybody's guess and nobody's business.
Is this kind of thing — the star of a TV show sleeping with members of his staff — unusual? No…though I'm not sure it's any more prevalent than the boss in a non-show-biz operation consorting with underlings. What's unusual is us finding out about it. Usually, such goings-on are pretty well hidden or overlooked when they go on. An actress friend of mine used to claim — and I absolutely believed her — that she once had a string of six consecutive auditions that included six consecutive sexual advances, many involving grabbing, from six very big stars with six very wholesome reputations. She developed a theory that the more a star marketed himself as a faithful husband and family man, the more likely he was to ask her to impersonate Linda Lovelace.
Anyway, as I Twittered, it looks like Dave won't be doing a lot of jokes in the future about congressmen who cheat on their wives. Or presidents who cheat with interns.
