Top 10 Shocking Talk Show Scandals
Top 10 Shocking Talk Show Scandals
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The reality of daytime and evening talk shows has given audiences some pretty scandalous and unexpected dramas. From Baldwin’s gay remarks to Dr. Phil’s drug and alcohol scandal here are the craziest, unexpected and mind-blowing moments in talk shows. Join WatchMojo as we count down our picks for some of TV’s biggest scandals.
List Rank and Entries
#10. Doctor Phil Drug Scandal
#9. Rosie O’Donnell vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck
#8. Alec Baldwin’s Gay Slur
#7. Maury Povich’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
#6. Billy Bush Fired From “Today”
#5. Blackmail Attempt Against David Letterman
#4. Oprah Winfrey vs. James Frey
#3, #2 & #1: ?
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What about Charlie Rose's firing?
Conan vs Leno was EPIC!!! LOL…
Where's Mr. Mojo you sexists?
"STAFFERS!!!!!" EW! EW! EW!
You're accused is sexual misconduct. Instead of investigating and finding the truth, we're just going to fire you because women wouldn't lie about that and all men are pigs.
One time I was out in California, San Francisco visiting with a friend. I normally live in Northern Michigan. Well we were very excited to go to the concert downtown so we went to the liquor store and I spent $100 on double shots. They were expensive as hell…
Anyway… We got the bouncer to let us in early and went to the bar upstairs to get some drinks. Again 4x the amount than in Michigan…
Crown and cokes.
Well my friend turns around and sees this room overlooking everything on the balcony with a glass window. So we go check it out… When we walk in there was a bunch of weed on the table and a giant blunt laying up in the window sill. Well it turns out it was the band's private room… someone came and told us to get out but we already had what we thought was the goods… I was a stoner at the time so we took the blunt to the bathroom to smoke it. I ripped the smoke alarm off the bathroom wall and my friend held the door shut. We smoked the whole thing and 20 minutes later we lost each other. It was definitely not weed… At all… Somehow I spent over $1500 on drinks and don't remember anything besides getting kicked out twice. I'm walking on the sidewalk and I see this guy so I decided I would hang with him for a while. I'm 6 foot 4 and this dude made me look like I was a baby… Anyway I buy us 2 40oz each and we are just walking around downtown San Fran talking. Eventually this guy asks me if I want to get a room? I felt bad for him and gave him $100 and was like go ahead man you are good now. Anyway he proceeded to walk up behind me hug me while resting his chin on my head and putting his lower extremities in the middle of my back. I didn't mean to hurt him but I sort of just reacted… I elbowed him as hard as I could in his ribs. Then I took off running. The dude fell to the ground wheezing… I rolled my ankle but kept running anyway. (PS it dawned on me later this was at least a 7 foot 8 homeless guy…) Well I wake up 5 hours later in a bush. I was in a really nice neighborhood but I was still so drunk I couldn't hardly walk. So I stagger about a mile and realize I lost my jacket and my phone… For some reason I had $50 in my sock… I have never had money in my sock in my life… I find a gas station so I walk inside and buy a map for like $15… Again everything is ridiculously priced… I try to read the map but I am still so out of it I couldn't see anything besides blurry scribbles… I looked at the cashier and said "Fuck this, keep it." Handed him the map back and just walked out. Then I see this guy at a bus stop right in front of the gas station with a phone and tell him what I remember. He starts dying laughing and called me an uber back to my friends house. I get to his house and my friend gets a call from my mom. My mom doesn't even know him or of him so I was confused af. She said some couple found my jacket in there neighbors yard and my phone in a bush by their house 8 miles away from the concert we were at… They went in my phone which I don't lock. Called my mom and gave them my friends number I had been texting before. Anyway I took my rental car went and grabbed my jacket and phone from their porch that they so nicely left out there for me and I have never and will never go back to San Francisco…
Watchmojo I love you
We now live in an age where it's "Guilty as soon as accusations are thrown" instead of "Innocent until proven guilty." Sad.
wheres mister watchmojo???
Its ok to grab them by the pussy cause trump said.
Letterman's way of handling his scandal was probably the most bad-ass way of solving a problem. Hats off to the master.
forgot to mention the entirety of the Jerry Springer Show
Is there a Mr Mojo?
5:40 Oprah's Minge on South Park
Notice the subtle mind control?
you can call anyone anything but you call someone a fggt and boom, your life is over.
Boy Oprah was pissed in that episode! LOL
Pause….. Alec Baldwin had a talk show!!
Will Ferrell, "Matt Lauer can Suck It!!" – Land of the Lost, 2009.
Of course "numerous victims" make claims against Dr. Phil. He owns them for being self-absorbed and selfish all the time. Any attempt to paint him in a bad light is going to be listened to even when not believed.
Also.. The View alone is 25% of the reason Trump is in the Oval Office.. so they have done far more share of their own damage in our nation. Rosie O'Donnell proves herself mentally unstable with every word out of her mouth.. yet Trump is supposedly "unfit"?!?!? Sorry but lying and being obviously out of touch with reality are two different things.. and Rosie is clearly the latter.
Third, Jay Leno did to Conan what Dave Letterman refused to do to him. He stepped over and on a friend and stomped a hole in him to get a position. The difference is Dave deserved what Leno got, while Leno got lucky most of the time.
Finally.. Alec Baldwin garnering favor for his "portrayal" of Trump is hilarious.. because he isn't "portraying" the POTUS.. he is projecting his own real personality in a Trump wig. He is proven to be everything Trump is accused of, but again.. the accusations against Baldwin are PROVEN.
Ya know about 15yrs ago or so I somehow thought Rosie was pretty funny. But the more I've seen of her, the things Trump says ring completely true. And while I don't agree with Hasselbeck on many things, she is def the type of woman I'd want representing our country. And can we plz get real about "homosexual slurs" for god sake! When someone is angry and calls someone a fag or whatever, they don't effing mean it as a slur against ANYONE but that person! And it has nothing to do w their sexual preference! It's just something ppl have called each other for hrs when angry! Why don't gay ppl just separate themselves from the the word completely! Say fag means nothing to us and move on!? Cuz even if it ain't in public, ppl are gonna call each other that for a long time! I call my best friends that word and there's no hate in it at al!
No mention of Geraldo Rivera having his nose broken by a guest?
Hey Rosie, why is it that someone has to attack America first to be our enemy!? I understand the high moral ground is very important. But many countries, including Russia, N. Korea and China, only see this as our biggest weakness! I don't think Iraq directly attacked us, but you don't think they were partying on 9/11!? C'mon. We need to remind ppl that we're not just counter punchers. We are the heavyweight champs who don't wanna fight but if we feel threatened will knock your ass out! Instead we just allow infinite amounts of time for foes to plan, plot and strategies!
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Bill Cosby?????
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Dr Phil definitely did that shit if yu do your own research it all adds up and although I don't condone what Baldwin did but people gta stop assuming you hate Gay people because yu call someone a fag lol I say fag all the time and I love my little Faggot ass cousin even he would tell yu that
Also the gay dude family gettin $ cuz he got killed is ridiculous considering dude who Merked him told him 1000 times before they even got on the show that he wasn't n never would be interested so the fact that he sent him a suggestive letter put him over the edge, he should of gotten a really good lawyer and hed of gotten convicted of aggravated manslaughter or somethin because he was being harassed….if he was smart He would of met up w dude in person n told him the only way he would be into it would be if they roll played a rape fantasy and the gay dude breaks in and starts to try n fuck him and then yu kill him n Hw would've gotten off Scott free cuz it was the 90s so no txt paper trail and considering he had been denying his advances for awhile and went on the show cops wouldnt of thought anything different lol dead ass at worst He gets involuntary manslaughter and serves 3 yrs at the most then gets parrolled
Baldwin needs his mental disease treated.
3 losers …. can't touch Carson….
Lauer sucks