In the immediate wake of his gaffe, Toobin took a leave of absence from CNN. Now he is back and this took a lot of courage. Jeff Toobin was a late night punch line after being caught red handed on a zoom call. He added: “It was wrong, it was stupid and I’m trying to be a better person.” And then he and Camerota discussed the news of the day, with Toobin apparently back on the job as analyst. Because I’m a flawed human being who makes mistakes.” When Camerota pressed about why Toobin didn’t show better judgment during the call, he replied, “Because I didn’t have better judgment. “I’ve got a lot to rebuild,” he said, repeatedly noting his gratitude to CNN for keeping him on staff, “but I feel very privileged and very lucky” to be able to do so. I didn’t think other people could see me,” he said, adding that he’d spent “seven miserable months” in the pursuit of “trying to be a better person.” He said he started apologizing to his New Yorker colleagues, both publicly and privately, the same day as the infamous call. While speaking with CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota on CNN Newsroom Thursday, Toobin offered a not-terribly-detailed explanation for what happened.Įlection 2020: An Ode to John King, CNN's Statistician MagicianĬNN's Van Jones in Tears Over Biden Win: 'Character Matters, Truth Matters'

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