Bette Midler: Geraldo Rivera drugged & groped me

[DonViejo]

Source: LGBTQ Nation




By Bil Browning · Thursday, November 30, 2017

In a recently unearthed interview with Barbara Walters from 1991, gay icon Bette Midler accused Geraldo Rivera of drugging and groping her.

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Jezebel wondered why Rivera was so defensive about allegations of sexual abuse and then they unearthed the video of Midler’s interview.

At the time, Rivera had released a “tell-all” book titled, Exposing Myself (natch). In the autobiography, Rivera describes the encounter with Midler, writing, “We were in the bathroom, preparing for the interview, and at some point I put my hands on her breasts.” Midler, however, shared a completely different version of the encounter.

“Geraldo and his producer came to do an interview with me, in the ‘70s, in the early ‘70s. This was when he was very hot,” she told Walters. “He and his producer left the crew in the other room, they pushed me into my bathroom, they pushed two poppers under my nose, and proceeded to grope me…I did not offer myself up on the altar of Geraldo Rivera. He was unseemly.”



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[Siwsan]

1. He is on my 'short list' of names I expect to hear linked to allegations

He has always come across as a bit of a sleaze bucket. Or, as the Divine Miss Midler would say - he's 'unseemly'.

[unblock]

3. a *bit* of a sleeze bucket?

sleaze oozes from his every pore.

he absolutely reeks of it!

[Siwsan]

6. I stand corrected!

[geardaddy]

17. Me too.

He seems verrrry slimy.

[marble falls]

2. Rivera always seemed to me to be that sort of person. I never heard of either of these ....

explanations before.

I never watched Barbara Walters, never cared for Rivera and don't read star's biographies, always respected and enjoyed Bette Midler.

That little weasel, sure explains his first tweets on Lauer. One perv covering another.

[Loryn]

4. Ugh!

He probably considers it "courtship."

He is disgusting.

[progressoid]

5. So this was on national TV and nobody did anything about it.

I guess we are making some progress today. The marmalade asshat in the white house notwithstanding.

[Kleveland]

7. Okay, now that shit is funny...

In a sick sort of way...

Who among us would not feel a bit of schadenfreude seeing this blabbermouth has-been be disgraced.

He is surely in my long list of people I would like to never see or hear anything about for the rest of my life.

My #1 spot is reserved for someone very special.... rhymes with clump.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

9. ...or a steaming, stinky pile of dump.

[moosewhisperer]

12. There's nothing funny...

...about a woman being sexually assaulted by two men. GFY

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. What the fuck is this shit right here.

It's not funny at all.

[IronLionZion]

15. He has been punched in the face before

by firemen when he was getting in the way after a natural disaster
By Sid Vicious
by skinheads on his talk show

and hopefully lots more times. What an asshole

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. I'm sure Geraldo would call it "courtship" n/t

[George II]

10. They should lock him up in Al Capone's vault.

[Sailor65x1]

11. Then, finally, it won't be empty

[George II]

16. Intellectually it still will be empty.

[workinclasszero]

14. Sounds like attempted rape to me

Geraldo always seemed like a lowlife, now I know why.

[klook]

18. Well, at least he didn't accidentally touch her bare back

or hug her at the state fair!

[dalton99a]

22. +1

[nolabear]

19. THis had better gain traction. I want every Fox misceant flushed.

Not to mention he’s a Class A sleaze and she’s a great woman.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Such a manly man

Where are the skinheads when you need them?

[riversedge]

21. Huff post has a write up also...........and Bette tweet........

Link to tweet

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bette-midler-geraldo-rivera-sexual-assault_us_5a20473de4b037b8ea209fba