This is why you don't sleep with people you work with. No matter how attractive they are.

This saddens me. I like Tavis Smiley. Hope he can clear his name and get his job back.

I stated this earlier but PBS said themselves they terminated Tavis show and were "going" to investigate. That means they alienated Tavis without so much as having any legal grounds to stop the show. Regardless to Tavis outcome, PBS will lose this coming legal war.

Tavis is a sellout and he's shady. I believe it. He admitted to having relationships with people who work under him that had no power. That's a no no because the woman might actually not want to but think her job is at risk. That's because back in the day her job would have been at risk.

The old saying is " You never mix your money and your honey together" In other words don't date on the job!

Tavis just had to have him a white woman. Years ago he said he would never be caught dating a white woman. What happen Tav?

Why don't they have an HR professional on the panel. There are clear definitions of sexual harassment and hostile environments. In this case no one is pointing out that Tavis' decision to date subordinates made him vulnerable. He can have the best intentions and a woman could still feel intimidated by the mere power dynamic. It's a high risk situation.

The workplace always reminds us of a conflict of interest.

What we know, which he admitted too is that he has no problem having sex with subordinates which is playing with Fire when your in a position of power. Smh Tavis is going to lose this one unfortunately. Stop sleeping with people that work for you and at a far lesser pay. Stay in your lane to avoid these problems. These women can easily say they felt intimidated.

Dating at work is not a sexual crime. No job is that important that you should keep working there if you feel pressured to have sex. Just Quit. I would rather be broke.

That woman has more sense than these scary ass men afraid to hold women responsibility for their own choices but quick to say men should be "trained" Shout out to that sister for telling it how it is!

There's harassment and there's misconduct. Quit spinning about harassment. He admitted to sex with subordinates, people he can fire and promote. PBS didn't want to be found liable. Too much speculation in this segment trying to help Tavis. He still has a show, he needs a new distributor.

So which one of these hits did he marry? None of them. "You don't shit where you eat", I have always been told. I have met someone I was working with and this ended up in a relationship, but I did not have multiple relationships with people I worked with. I had people who wanted to start relationships and I just wouldn't because it would not look right after I was "with" someone else who worked there and now that we were no longer together and she was gone I was with another one. I could have easily just hit an run because some of the relationships available were that type but believe it or not there are many men who will turn down "pussy" because it would complicate their work space. I have later left sites and started relationships but Tavis has got to know and is smart enough to know that if he is sleeping with someone or several people on his staff he is opening himself up to drama if/when they start to have a problem with him or get jealous or whatever, especially as a national figure. He has dollar signs all over him. This was plain stupid and the pauses to think are just hard to watch.

Wow! He said one person years ago now its multiple women he dated? So his defense is its his company and its not against his personal company rules. Slippery slippery slope.

You right....l met Tavis about 15 years ago..he is not a flirtation man at all.... Actually he is very into himself...If he looks at you to get your attention, and you act like you are not interested...he will keep it moving... because he act like you Have to pursue him.....Tavis is innocent! The hell with you PBS..you know Tavis is a gentleman, that is what was so attractive about him...He was a stand off kind of guy.

I understand what he is saying however it's been a long standing belief to not mix business and pleasure. I sign a conflict of interest form annually so my company makes it more formal. Or there are more crude ways to say it but having sex with people in your office, especially when you are the boss is a bad idea. In some cases, its grounds for being fired.

Team Tavis! I believe him.

If you own the company isn't everyone subordinate to you? In your contract it should say you can't be fired due to sexual relationships but for only valid reasons. I want to see these women's contracts and any reports made against them and Tavis in HR. I want to see the full scope of all of this because it seems like a lot of BS to me.

tavis let your lawyer do the talking! U are beating a "dead horse"- whether it was consensual or not- PBS got the upper hand. U should know -u do not mix business & pleasure. I wonder if Barack or Michelle- are back practicing law- would they take your case? Just asking -he-he......

Your tge boss...find someone at worked is dumb..i dont date at work

Business Owners should make it known to prospective employees how they get down....some people don't want deal with that shit

Listen men DO NOT talk to anyone women while at the work place. Do not hug them, make eye contact, or do anything or say anything nice. Shake their hand and keep it moving. Put a 300ft stay back sign up on your desk as well. Money over bitches.

There are some instances, where women/men will pursue their superior in order to gain access to certain opportunities. This is also unacceptable and It should be punished in the same way as a superior pursuing his/her subordinate. After all, aren’t they both breaking company policy if they had (consensual) relations? If this policy were to be applied fairly, would both the superior and the subordinate be facing repercussions for knowingly breaking company policy?

Tavis was rail roaded.

There is no such thing as a consensual sexual relationship between a superior and a subordinate.

BTW dont blame women. I didnt hear him say it was a woman or women. He said one person is still working with him. It sounds like its men he was dating.

Lauren is spot on.

Multiple relationships? Too Damn much

Salem witch trials. Ring a bell? How many witches were killed? Zero. How many humans were killed? 29. This is a career smear, Salem style.

Why don't we just forbid sexual relationships from anyone you know.

Train boys??!! How in the hell, do you train human behavior? you, teach; you don't train. you lead to good; not away, from bad. negative reinforcement never works.

I believe Tavis Smiley.

Tavis is telling the truth

I believe him!!! Stop the hate people!

a little reality is needed, so I'll help. remember david letterman, remember when he went on television and admitted he was having sex with his subordinates. It only came to light when it was found out that he was being blackmailed, Leslie Voorhees the head of CBS dated and married a subordinate, this attack on Tavis is a smokescreen to keep you distracted. While these harassment stories dominate the focus of society, a tax bill that is going to hurt so many people gets ignored.

This is the thought policing. Just like George Orwell's 1984. A man has a series of thoughts a woman has a series of thoughts. Nothing is specifically addressed all is implied and the man is wrong for his thoughts all after the fact.

I thought Tavis should’ve retire like Charlie or end up worse off than Cosby but I think his truths is going to differentiate consensual relationships and sexual harassment abuse and rape.

Who would have thought that the only person on the panel I liked would be the lesbian sister with the jheri curl? I'm shocked!! Seriously. Usually she bugs the f*ck out of me.//Why was asian woman there again? She can GO!

At ABC everybody would have been fired!🤣😂😅🤣

Roland, I have a question that hasn't been asked during all of the allegations against men in the workplace. If we don't get a handle on this fiasco, how much longer before women in power, or women business owners start getting harassment claims against them in the workplace? I personally don't agree with relationships, affairs, consensual relationships in the workplace because those that are engaged in them truly make me very uncomfortable at work.

If in his mind a "conversation on healthy workspaces" is another excuse for "I want to bang my subordinates, coworkers or employees because I OWN THE COMPANY", then I will pass. This is getting ridiculous and if he can't see the nuances BETWEEN THE LINES and BETWEEN THE SHEETS of these females OR men and what they must have thought if they didn't comply with the "consensual relationship" mantra of working at his company, then I can't help him. All that fast-talking and over talking is suspect. And don't think we forget about how he dogmatically went after our REAL president, #44, for years. Roland, stop trying to use your last week to CAPE for Tavis, you have been really reaching on several videos recently regarding sexual harassment, sexual assault and what these men have been ALLEGEDLY accused of.

well, I stand with Tavis, but he just need to admit that he made a mistake in judgement. DONT SCREW THE HELP. This is what can happen when the relationship is over

he better have a damn good lawyer

All this sexual harassment is going to make it hard for folks to find love in the workforce. What do you think?

I'm no Tavis fan but I believe him. Fight Tavis

“Don’t shit where you eat”. I thought it was common knowledge you don’t date someone you work FOR. FOR being the operative word.

I believe him.

Don't get your meat where you get your bread.

They need to leave this man alone.

When will PBS release the findings of the investigation?

I agree with Roland on this, that Trump's presidency is a major factor in women coming out like this. The fact that so many people went ahead and voted for Trump in spite of not just the allegations by so many women against him, but his own words over decades about his own treatment of women and the condescending tone and language he employed against women throughout his entire campaign, do appear to have some role in more women willing to step out, and consequently bring the collective ego of men down by exposing their treatment of women in their companies. I think this is a good thing. I have never been in such a situation and have always avoided such, and I've been in supervisory roles for over thirty years. I constantly remind my staff not to behave this way. I admit that the best work environment that have been my foundation was my sixteen years if employment by a female business owner who drilled those great principles into me. And because I have great respect for my own mother who was a very self respecting Ob/Gyn when I was growing up in Nigeria West Africa before moving to the US where I now live. I come from strong women, who were well educated and principled. In fact, unlike in the typical Christian system of the West, those generations of women behind me were strong Yorùbá women who had some Christian values, YES?, but certainly maintained the beautiful and more edifying Yorùbá ethics of conduct. At the end, I believe the Christian faith, or perhaps the monotheistic faiths as a whole have high-jacked and decimated tribal and natural traditions all over the world, only to force peoples to replace them with more militaristic monotheistic systems with their inflexible and non nuanced moral codes that are clear in favor of men as Master and women and children as property. We should not be surprised.

Black women, "stay out" of this air of destruction. There's no excuse, for sexual harassment. Don't be a tool to destroy another black man. If anything do your behind close door settlement, and stay quite for ever. We're facing too much hatred and racism abroad....its not your fight!....... KEEP OUR DIRTY LAUDRY OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYES!

We have to train men?? Really? And that garage came out of a mans mouth smh.

Its over between Men and women. Okay Gay folks, your turn! You got it!!

Oh big deal. If it weren't in the handbook, then so what. There is no proof Tavis abused his power.

The vigilante/ vaginalante lynch mobs move from accusation to punishment without due process of law. The deer will always say the hunter used to much gun.

It is a stupid and dangerous act to mix a sexual relationship with work. Period.

isn't the claim of sexual harrassement tantamount to police claiming they "feared for their life" ?

Where was Tavis Smiley at when trump was, and still is, out here talkin' all out the side of his neck? Oh, but he gave Barack all kinds of hell during his two terms as president? #dudebye! #thepriceyoupayforcoonin'

Marrying your assistant is nothing new. What responsibility do these women have. They could have come out at the time if they were pressured. I see women throw themselves at men at work all the time.

Most companies have the same policy as Tavis. Some of these women are doing this because the me too movement is easy to ride and once it's out there that any form of sexual misconduct has happened that person is ruined. sounds like a scorned lover to me.

Why did Lauren have to be there? She is just not credible

sorry if some of the words are in the wrong place was using voice text

2:26 - BUS-TEDDDDDDDDD!!

They shutin down Roland and got Tavis set up. Expect the same for any and ALL PoC of ALL ethnicities.

Love what the black lady said and what the other women said at the end maid total sense

If I was Tavis I would stop talking especially to the people who have a hand in gis troubles.

NO AMOUNT OF SEX IS WORTH THIS!! Man, you lost Everything, because you have sexual problems. Just like a drug addict! Sex addiction is Real! All of the endorsement, book deals, tv, radio contracts, lectures, Everything you had going you threw it away to have sex with women I'm sure he will say didn't mean anything, which is worse!! That is the definition of addiction. He needs intensive Inpatiant Therapy so he won't keep doing this!!

I am just wait for allegations to surface about Roland, Mr. Where My Hug.

If at anytime you have a boss or owner seeking relations with subordinate, it's unethical. As a boss, subs are untouchable due to the balance of power. As a boss, be aware and protect yourself as well because you could also be the target for a subs come up.

Tavis can handle White Women....

Train men and boys to become gays come on this is a witch hunt

He owns his show? Where is he now?

listen if they keep accusing him then they will believe it. after so many lie they soon believe it. thats the points. and try tarnish his image

Kinda don't feel sorry for him, for all the years he dragged President Obama on national tv, wasn't cool at all, now look at you! Smh

How about training people period because women harass men also Roland.

Please they set him up

I see now they clearinghouse of all old media host personalities out with the old and in come the new younger generation of media host..

He could let his name go and just get a new one. Tavis and Smiley are both Terrible names

Don't know if he did or didn't. But honestly if he did. U think he would tell on his self or admit to it publicly. They always deny the allegations. And then eventually get caught.

What about the guy(y) accused Tavis?

I met my spouse at work.

So i see the Today show and Megan Kelly are only Russel Simmons and Tavis Smiley like they're the only ones. SMFH. Megan kelly dedicated her show to mussel Simmons.

Hope all goes well for tavis hate to see something like this happen to a brother if it’s untrue. I read somewhere that men are taught at a young age to be dominant sexually and this is part of the reason of sexual harassment. I see comments like that and I cringe man

WILL THE ACURSER PLEASE STEP FORWARD...

Get to the point

Smiley show was good to watch_ but it’s going to be very hard for Smiley to defend himself, not only from his accusers but also because of what else’s happening with the other men in this situation. Did this whole thing start with Bill Cosby? I wonder. Bill Cosby show is still on the air around Chicago area,. I don’t watch it any more, instead I switch to other channel

you don't do,that get a divorce simple

What I think a lot of times these wouldn’t get mad when relationships always after a long period of time and then they want to cry sexual-harassment and try to see if they were raped and they’ve going out and dating this guy for what 234 years what I think a lot of times these wouldn’t get mad when relationship is always after a long period of time and then they want to cry sexual-harassment and try to see if they were raped and that been going out and dating this guy for what 2 three or four years and then they want to cry deadman raped a new were forced into relationship So I think it’s best that we do not speak to women at work just keep it professional and your no joking around and getting around with them especially with white women and babies and scan you know do you get offended easily and take things the wrong way I never hire anyone that I’m attracted to you that’s north to protect my business and my bank account

Tavis my man, you know not know not to play sexually in the workload and church place You have been npin a 12year relationship and you Tavis youre an Apostolic Christian or that lyou professes but you have been living a doubled likestyle. You are a sinner who just gotten caught. You pissedsome male or female in a matter that has hurt you. And you are trying to correct the wrongness because you were found out. A woman scorn can be dangerous. You are gone! 😊

Wwhhaaaattttt??????😬

M j and young boys, r k and underage girls now t s and women what else

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Uncle Ro who selects your panelist! That Lauren Victoria gots to go

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