Top 20 Shocking Talk Show Scandals

they said that there were what they call good Jimmy days and what they call bad Jimmy days where his behavior was allegedly erratic and inconsistent welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 shocking talk show scandals and I will keep trying and I'm so sorry I turned into a sob sister this morning please forgive me for this list we're looking at the most intense controversies from daytime and late night talk shows that left audiences at a loss for words which of these unscripted dramas was the most shocking to you let us know in the comments below number 20. Whoopi Goldberg defends Bill Cosby as one of the co-hosts of the long-running talk show The View Whoopi Goldberg's controversial statements have landed her in hot water on more than one occasion in 2015 after the assault allegations against Bill Cosby came to light Goldberg's first instinct was seemingly to come to his defense when somebody ruins your reputation it's the same thing it's the same thing despite the fact that Cosby had admitted to drugging women in the past the egot winning multi-hyphenate still backed him on the talk show panel stating that he was innocent until proven guilty I know it's a shock but you actually were innocent until proven guilty needless to say her comments were not received well by the public in light of the apparent evidence against Cosby Goldberg eventually flipped her stance acknowledging that it all pointed towards guilt gotta say all of the information that's out there kind of points to guilt number 19 Morton Downey Jr's 40 million dollar lawsuit before Jerry Springer popularized the trash TV format there was the Morton Downey Jr show but unlike Springer who typically tried to quell fights on his set Downey was the instigator in one of his most famous episodes The Host brought on an adult Entertainer named Kelly Everts who claimed to be a performer for God Kelly let me tell you some balance whatever a milk strike I'll know where to go throughout the segment Downey called her several demeaning names and at different points pushed her with his pelvis [Applause] all met with loud cheers from his audience efforts later sued Downey for 40 million dollars alleging that he had humiliated and physically assaulted her it's not quite clear how the lawsuit ended but Downey's show was canceled just two years after its Premiere next we'll find out next time we'll find out that she's carrying Jesus number 18 Ellen DeGeneres's toxic workplace allegations like many things these days it all started with a viral Twitter thread in March 2020 comedian Kevin T Porter's thread opened the floor to claims that talk show host Ellen DeGeneres was a pretty mean person a few months later BuzzFeed news published reports from former employees who detailed years of harassment intimidation and racist microaggressions by senior producers of the show Ellen is now facing a major your problem following a buzzfeed article that portrays the queen of nice as the queen of me according to them this toxic environment was fostered by DeGeneres turns out the be kind lady may not have been keeping to her own words an investigation by the production company led to the dismissal of three executive producers three of the show's senior producers fired after accusations the show created a toxic work culture after 19 seasons on the air The Ellen Degeneres Show came to an end in 2022. the truth is I am that person that you see on TV I am also a lot of other things the next year late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon would also be hit with similar accusations that The Tonight Show was a toxic workplace environment number 17 Rosie Perez and Kelly Osborne on the view in 2015 Kelly Osborne appeared as a guest co-host on The View while trying to counter then Presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants Osborne essentially put her put in her mouth and if you her fellow co-host Rosie Perez who is of Puerto Rican descent chimed in quickly and set her straight that come on Perez who had already announced her departure from the view at the end of that season was reportedly forced by ABC Executives to apologize to Osborne during the live broadcast and on Twitter although these claims have been refuted by some insiders it's believed that Perez canceled her final live appearances on the show as a result of the incident my apologies Kelly Osborne I took your point wrong Trump Latinos my bad your heart is so pure and righteous I Adore You number 16 star Jones's sudden departure the original lineup of the view consisted of Creator Barbara Walters Meredith Vieira Debbie matinopoulos Joy Behar and Star Jones Jones remained on the show until 2006 when seemingly out of nowhere she announced that she would not be returning for the next season the show's moving in another direction for its 10th season and I will not be returning as co-host next year this came as a shock to Walters not because of what she said but rather when it was said Jones's departure was slated to be announced on June 29 2006 but the co-host decided to take matters into her own hands by breaking the news two days early this is a surprise this wasn't that this would come about this way we did not expect it this kicked off a tense feud between the two women however they appeared to have patched things up by Jones's next appearance on the show in 2012. it was a bad emotional time nasty things were being said number 15. Sharon Osbourne's view of the view nothing brings out the best and sometimes worst in us like competition the talk premiered in 2010 with a very similar format as that of the view kicking off a ratings battle between both shows when the ladies of the talk appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show in 2013. he wanted to know how the two programs differed from each other just as Julie Chen attempted a diplomatic answer Sharon Osbourne interrupted her with a rather blunt opinion I love Barbara Walters could go the incident certainly didn't do Osborne or the talk any favors a few days later she took a moment on the show to apologize for her remarks shocking them up to her being a quote Loose Cannon number 14. Ann Curry's controversial dismissal and Curry had served as a news anchor on The Today Show for years before she was finally promoted to co-host in 2011. Curry's short time in the chair was reportedly troubled I'm Matt Lauer and I'm Ann Curry in for I guess nobody this morning according to some industry insiders she was only given the job because the show's producers were unsure if long time host Matt Lauer would renew his contract I've worked here for 14 years if you've been able to put up with me for that long and you're clapping that's a good sign once it became clear that Lauer was staying they apparently decided that Curry had to go just about a year after she got the job Curry announced in a very emotional appearance that she would be leaving many viewers who were incensed at the controversial departure turned their backs on the show result resulting in their competitor Good Morning America taking the number one spot and so to all of you who watch thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me touch yours and thank you for your tweets and your emails number 13 the infamous Geraldo brawl there's a reason why tabloid talk shows quickly became known as trash TV and it's because of moments like this in November 1988 Geraldo Rivera invited a panel to discuss a provocative topic I really recommend that you don't push me too hard oh come on among the lineup were some white supremacists members of the skinheads against racial Prejudice as well as the African-American activist Roy Innis things began to escalate when one of the white supremacists referred to Ennis with a derogatory term Innis walked over and grabbed him by the neck setting off a full-fledged brawl that left Rivera with a fractured nose as expected the incident gave the show a ratings bump proving that when it comes to trash TV there is no such thing as publicity for the where we're back the skinheads have been well the racist skinheads have been cleared out of the building number 12. Bryant gumbel's scathing memo about seven years into his role as the Today Show anchor Bryant Gumbel was asked to write an assessment of the program by executive producer Marty Ryan Gumbel did not hold back his critiques were notably harsh and were directed at Several of his colleagues most notably the jovial weatherman Willard Scott in the memo Gumbel stated that Scott was quote holding the show Hostage to his assortment of whims wishes birthdays and bad taste he also had equally blunt words for some other staffers on the show unsurprisingly gumbel's memo eventually found its way into the hands of the press the resulting Fallout between him and Scott partly contributed to today dropping to number two in the ratings I did what I was asked to do I didn't what I thought was a professional fashion number 11. Pat O'Brien's lewd voicemails when it came to sportscasting Pat O'Brien was one of the best in the business through the 80 and 90s O'Brien made a name for himself in sports news and then became a host for the entertainment programs Access Hollywood and The Insider he found himself embroiled in controversy in 2005 when a series of explicit voicemails he sent to an unidentified woman leaked on the internet O'Brien had just checked into rehab for alcohol use disorder when the messages which he sent in a drunken state became public and I don't remember I apparently made it on Sunday and I woke up with every boss I have at the edge of my bed in La following the incident O'Brien was miraculously able to retain his job on The Insider he was however fired three years later after sending out an ill-conceived email blasting his co-worker Lara Spencer and I said you know that's the guy I do not want to be number 10. Dr Phil drug scandal in 2017 this long-running television program came under Fire after former Survivor contestant Todd Herzog accused the producers of exploiting his substance use disorder to generate views during his Infamous appearance on the show Herzog was so intoxicated he could not stand up on his own indicating to viewers the seriousness of his condition however according to Herzog he was coerced by staff into drinking two bottles of vodka and given Xanax to quote calm his nerves before filming uh you're not okay no the Dr Phil show has vehemently denied these claims however an expose published in 2017 by the stat and the Boston Globe exhibited multiple victims making similar claims against the production it wasn't until about 30 days into treatment then I realized exactly how bad I was number nine Rosie O'Donnell versus Elizabeth Hasselbeck The View can sometimes feel like a daytime soap opera of all the scandals this talk show has endured over the years the feud between co-hosts Rosie O'Donnell and Elizabeth Hasselbeck was perhaps the most notorious the tension between the two reached its boiling point in 2007 when Hasselbeck referred to Iraq as quote America's enemy prompting O'Donnell to argue that the Bush Administration was truly at fault you just said our enemies in Iraq did Iraq attack us the liberal O'Donnell additionally criticized the media for their unflattering portrayal of her claiming that they favored the conservative Hasselbeck Rosie big fat lesbian loud Rosie attacks innocent pure Christian Elizabeth and I'm not doing following their heated argument O'Donnell left the show while Hasselbeck exited five years later number eight Alec Baldwin's offensive remarks although Alec Baldwin is one of the most outspoken liberals in Showbiz his behavior hasn't always lived up to his professed ideals in 2013 the oscar-nominated actor landed in hot water when he allegedly directed a gay slur at a paparazzo in due course Baldwin was suspended from his late night talk show for two weeks while Baldwin initially claimed he was misquoted he ultimately described his Outburst in an apology as quote offensive and unacceptable however the damage was done as up late with Alec Baldwin was canceled after only five episodes it probably didn't help that Baldwin also made homophobic remarks towards reporter George Stark on Twitter number 7. Mori Povich's harassment lawsuit Maury Povich is no stranger to controversy as many critics have accused his tabloid talk show of exploiting serious issues speaking of exploitation a 100 million dollar sex harassment lawsuit was filed against Povich and other members of his staff in 2006. the allegations stemmed from Bianca Nardi a former producer of The Maury Povich Show who claimed she had been forced to watch adult material and make advances at married men in bars while being filmed she additionally accused executive producer Paul falhaber of making her wear revealing outfits and implied that Povich was having an affair with producer Donna ingber despite the Scandal Povich remained on television for years and is still married to Connie Chung number 6. Billy Bush fired from today just when it seemed like the 2016 U.S presidential election couldn't get any crazier a 2005 hot mic recording surfaced in which Republican candidate Donald Trump shared an offensive and potentially incriminating conversation with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush on a bus ride Trump not only admitted that he tried and failed to seduce Nancy O'Dell but also made some vulgar statements while discussing actress Arianne Zucker the Scandal took a drastic toll on Bush's Public Image resulting in his termination from The Today Show meanwhile Trump continued his campaign and was elected president almost a month later you don't get to say that because I was there in the last 14 months of my life I have been dealing with it you dealt with it for 14 minutes and went on to be the president number five blackmail attempt against David Letterman after a long hard day audiences would typically tune in to Late Show with David Letterman for a lighthearted laugh the talk show took an uncomfortable turn in 2009 though when Letterman confessed to having several sexual relationships with his female staffers an extortionist had targeted Letterman threatening to write a screenplay about the television host's Affairs unless he coughed up two million dollars and he seems to in this packet there seems to be quite a lot of terrible stuff he knows about cooperating with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Letterman wrote a fake check and his blackmailer was arrested shortly after while Letterman was met with some negative press following this shocking announcement he eventually moved on from the Scandal and hosted Late Show for six more years before retiring in 2015. Number 4. Oprah Winfrey vs James fry it's a radical departure it's not a classic and it is also not fiction James fry hit it big time when his Memoir a million little pieces was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2005. chronicling Fry's history with substance use disorder the book became a New York Times bestseller and a cultural sensation if I was going to write a book that was true and I was going to write a book that was honest and I was going to have to write about myself in very very negative ways many readers felt cheated however when it was revealed that fry had fabricated information in his supposed true account this didn't reflect well on Oprah who invited fry onto her show to talk about the controversy Oprah didn't let fry off with a slap on the wrist eventually getting him to confess that he had made up parts of the story she also brought on publisher Nan talise to set the record straight number three Conan O'Brien vs Jay Leno the original War for late night can be traced back to 1992 when Jay Leno became Johnny Carson's successor over David Letterman this influenced Letterman to move from NBC to CBS while Conan and O'Brien was hired to fill the NBC late night time slot history essentially repeated itself almost two decades later when Leno exited the Tonight Show so O'Brien could assume his hosting duties unfortunately O'Brien's ratings struggled and the decision to give Leno a prime time talk show turned out to be a huge miscalculation since pushing back the schedule wasn't an option O'Brien was given a 45 million dollar payout while Leno returned to The Tonight Show in 2010. number 2. Matt Lauer's misconduct allegations in Rapid succession from Bill O'Reilly to Charlie Rose media personalities were publicly accused of sexual harassment in 2017. have you done some soul searching have you have you done some self-reflection and have you looked at the way you treated women that you think now or think about differently now than you did at the time however the sexual misconduct allegations directed at Matt Lauer shocked audiences perhaps the most a staple of The Today Show for almost 20 years Lauer was abruptly fired after a female NBC employee accused him of sexually harassing her three years earlier you know for the moment all we can say is that we are heartbroken it became clear that this was unlikely to be an isolated incident as more women came forward in one instance Lauer was accused of summoning a former employee to his office and sexually assaulting her behind a locked door the fact that Lauer was such a beloved host only made this more disturbing before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Jenny Jones guest loses his life okay you think about you you have fantasies about him I've had a couple yeah the Jenny Jones Show aired for over a decade but it's actually best remembered for an episode that never even aired entitled same-sex secret crushes the episode centered on a guest named Scott Amador who on the show revealed his Crush to an acquaintance named Jonathan Schmitz three days after the episode was taped Schmitz reportedly found a suggestive note from Amador Schmidt subsequently purchased a shotgun shot Amador two times in the chest and alerted the authorities of the crime he had just committed having a history of mental health issues Schmitz was convicted of second-degree murder meanwhile the Jenny Jones Show faced a wrongful death lawsuit and was forced to pay amador's Family 25 million dollars thank you foreign

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Published: Sun Sep 24 2023