KLM Hooked Moore A toxic environment at work is created for a woman when she has sex with anyone at work and if it doesn't work out and then that person moves on to the next victim. She will be embarrassed and that's toxic then she will either suffer or quit because she's hurt. Any man that truly cares about a woman would never do that to her at work. Only a sexual predator would be so cruel to women. That makes Tavis a sexual predator creating a toxic environment for the women he uses. Especially since Tavis is so concerned about women's issues and he's so emotional, Lol. Tavis really talks some smooth BS if you don't care about women at work. Tavis is just PUA simp predator.

Jeff Berlin....It's as though you're saying that every sexual encounter has a man as hunter/woman as prey dynamic. It takes two to tango and it's not always the man that initiates. If a sexual encounter doesn't lead to a long term relationship, how on earth does that automatically make the woman a victim? If she's somehow embarrassed afterwards, because of a decision SHE made, how does that automatically make the man a predator? Is it a mistake to have sex with a co-worker? A majority of the time, absolutely. However, it's a mistake that involves 2 adults who each have to live with whatever the consequences are for the decision he or she made.

Tim Oakley - The direction you took your comment in didn't really have anything to do with my original statement.

KLM Hooked Moore Not yours, that comment was meant for Jeff Berlin. I mistakenly erased his name from the front of the comment. I'll fix that now. Sorry bout that. It's is a relevant comment, I promise. I happen to agree with everything you said.

Tim Oakley - No problem👍

thats stupid. many married people have met their spouses in the workplace. I think abuse of power is one thing (asking sexual favours for promotion) but many of the women here agree the relations were consensual. the bar for sexual harassment has drop so low as a male i wouldn't even tell my female coworker she dress well for fear of being accused of harassment

another example of neoconservatives taking a position on civil rights after turning it to destroy it’s proponents

That's Tavis' spin, but common sense tells you that of course if you ask them to go with you they are, after all your the boss. They want to keep their job. I can't believe that Tavis is that naive.

@@mr72rosalind so a CONSENSUAL situation is his fault Bc the woman may feel obligated even though he never said “come home with me or you’re fired?”

Speak up if it happened to you. To hell with his career

my big problem here also is many of his accusers said they had consensual relationships with the man and only called harassment after things didn't work out. Having a bad date ,sex or relationship doesnt mean you got raped or sexually harassed. I

Yes It Is!!!... And Mj Put Up With These Lies About Him ...It Destroyed Him!!!

Ummm black men were the only ones going to jail for this shit all the Yt ones are getting off.

And was your first 'date' with her a quickie in your office? If not, then this is something very different. "Dating" someone in an attempt to start a relationship is something very different from fucking your secretary.

its easier to fire an innocent male that find out the truth.less colateral damage .we see it all the time

It was not meant to be a funny quote, it is absolute old school common sense saying and it is true.

John Bosco Exactly .... especially when your at the head of the table !

M White Totally agree.

He stands to lose everything right now. The thing with these types of allegations one can never escapes them even if later on you have been proven innocent.

M White, another blk man down. If you go back in retrospect every black man I repeat every black man has ever made a difference in trying to move forward have been KILLED or been scrutinized, not playing the race card. However, Tavis keep holding on & standing ground God is going to get the glory regardless. I see why HELL has enlarged & believe me when I say EVERYONE gets a TURN. Don them FOLK have you right where they want you. I hv no respect for you. What ever happened to AM I MY BRO’S KEEPER!! Bunch of sell outs!!✌️

It was bound to happen eventually. This Me too thing was good at first, but now it is simply women claiming something and a man's life and career is gone. That is not empowering. One day, men activists will form their own groups about either false allegations and sexual abuse from the hands of females. I really want to see Me too is going to react that.

M White MAKE IT PLAIN

99.9% of men are not under threat. Those men who use their political, social and economic power to force sexual encounters with people are on watch. Don't be a MRA clown.

tom11zz884 I think we men can survive without going into a panic, thank you. It’s about time men got a wake-up call - I don’t like the lingering casual sexism that’s still out there. I wouldn’t want my sisters, nieces or female friends talked about or ogled in the way I’ve seen here and there - the fact that some men are now getting into well-deserved trouble for past behavior makes me think “Good”. Do some women make up accusations, and lie? Yes, of course they do. Does that mean we automatically ignore and discredit any such claim? No, of course not. Any and every such claim must be looked at in its own merits, and investigated - unfortunate for the accused, of either gender, but understandable and necessary for the majority of claims which turn out to be true. I spend a lot of time editing court copy about Men abusing women, and other men - it’s a rarity that women are sexual abusers or predators, although of course they can be and are, too. But this “Look out, Men!” narrative is silly, and this “Don’t trust women!” narrative that some people are trying to peddle is odious. Let the facts emerge, the investigations run, and an end to sexual abuse and misconduct come closer. That’s what any genuine man - or woman - wants.

C B Oh yeah. Because we men are under such threat to the status quo.

An assault on men? How might that be in your mind tom11zz884? Women seeking to stand up for their rights is an "assault on men?" I think not. Standing up for ones rights is never an assault! No man exercising his rights is ever stigmatized as "assaulting" women. Let's be clear -- a man who rabs a women's genitals because he feels he is entitled to do so because of his economic status, Trump's admission -- is engaging in assault IMHO!

@seriously154 companies vary rarely investigate ,they react. same as universities. Its become easier to terminate someone just to save face than to find out the truth. Even in cases where its found out women have lied many times the guys dont get their jobs back or any compensation.

Peter Cox yo ass is crazy, ya I said is

Bodywise Solutions it has nothing to do with party unless it's someone running or in office

petercox9 good making it political is just an excuse

A or one now can't answer Don's question. He didn't ask for names.

Jester Avrgjoe agree

Jester Avrgjoe But from my I understanding his employees were approached by the authorities and were asked certain questions which could possibly put Tavis in a bad light.

+Jester Avrgjoe Do YOU know what you're talking about? Tavis wasnt an employee of a corporation, he owned his production company. PBS had no place "investigating" his personal life. How does who the guy CONSENSUALLY has sex with, have anything to do with the show he produces for PBS??

Agreed, Tavis is one of the best figures in the media I know of, he deserves that at least.

@coptic777 i completely agree. what happens if you take a female intern to a lunch meeting for work related issues and a year later she doesn't get a promotion. she can say you tried to seduce her. Most ppl will automatically assume just because you had lunch with her your a predator. As a male manager you dont have to worry about that with men.Lets no even consider business trips.

K Jackson Yeah well said Tavis. When any man has sex with a woman he works with and then it doesn't work out that woman is embarrassed and hurt when he moves on to the next victim. A man wouldn't do that to a woman he cared about not at work. That creates a toxic work environment for her and she will either suffer or quit. So if and emotional man like Tavis that says he respects women does women like that he's just a smooth talking predator. Yeah well said Tavis. So what's your excuses K Jackson are you a fellow predator or don't you think that women have feelings. How's that for drawing the line ??

Jeff Berlin, your statement makes it seem like men have control over women in those relationships instead of it being two adults who for whatever reason could not continue their relationship. I agree it could create a toxic work environment, but what if it's the woman that broke off the relationship? How do we know he is the one that ended the relationships? That is a huge logical leap that we have no proof of.

Marcus A The exact details or games that occurred in the affair doesn't change the toxic environment for the women. And I'm not going to get into all the ways that female's can be preyed on in work place like that. Like do the males draw straws on who gets first go at the fresh meat. I'm just shooting from the hip here I can keep going. So that's the kind of environment you want your mom, or sister's, daughters and granddaughters to work in ?? A work environment like Tavis has is open season on female's for a bunch of predatory pick up artists. And remember this is supposed to be work. And like you said everything changes if she breaks it off, see now we are playing the game, good idea that will work it will be on her now I got a broken heart wink, wink. Are you getting my drift here and I'm just shooting from the hip like I said. Toxic work environment for the women. And Marcus the best part is we got these women right where we want them because they need the job. Lol. Isn't life great and when we get tired of these girls we'll just hire new one's. Lol.

Wow your the biggest magina simp in the world dude! Didn't you hear Tavis say that MANY people in America meet their significant other at work? This is common sense since your at work more than your not (unless your unemployed). Let's not play dumb. He gave you examples of people finding their mates at work so now Obama, Bill Gates & Henry Kissinger are all predators? But since their relationships worked out than there not predators? You act as if every relationship ends well. Some people break up mutually, some are salty about it THAT'S LIFE!!!!! I personally would not date someone I work with but like Tavis said let's not conflate casual relationships with sexual assault that's where the line gets blurred.

FACTS!!!!!!

um, hello. Did you not hear there was an internal investigation by pbs? Also, Due Process isn't needed in matters where a formal criminal charge isn't being made. If Smiley wants to keep his job, HE'S quite capable of his right to due process to keep it should PBS want to get rid of him. Which most of the targets of these accusations DONT seek. (hmm I wonder why?)

Costa Rica Willy imagine that! But the problem is that liberals wanted to take out Trump by saying he was a sex abuser and instead they shot themselves in the foot. Remember liberals making fun of Secretary of Education Elizabeth Davos for changing the rules in school? Her entire new rule is due process. Yet Democrats demonstrated for days at high schools and harassed Mrs. Davos. All of a sudden, when the shit is hitting them, they want due process. Congratulations Willy. You just sided with Republicans on the due process issue.

Now if only Trump could understand due process and stop obstructing justice! Devos got that one right.

WatchMyVideoDude I don't know what state you're in, but schools already have due process.

monica parker thank the Trump Administration. Obama took away the due process.

Janell Hihi i agree- but his credibility is evident- hopefully he'll have a fair chance t defend hisself- what kinda court condemns w/o presenting a well rounded case?

Lando Kalerisian Unfortunately the court of public opinion. No due process. Look at Al Franken and Garrison Keillor.

#ADOS and that's why.

@coptic777 i think its crazy even consensual relationships now are being called harassment. The bar is falling lowing and lower every year. The irony in this is most women only date men on their level or higher

Darius Brule I must raise the point that there FLIP/FLOPIN FOLKS out there that FLIP out when they smell Money 💰 🤑 ¥€$!

@Paul Dalnoky why do you say that?

@@charlesgreen632 True

hahahahhaha

Negative, I am not a DL fan but I think that DL conducted this interview very objectively. Tavis knows that as a president or CEO of a company that you cannot "mess" with subordinates. His argument about other people who have met their spouses at work is lame, because unlike him, whom he was just fucking his subordinates, the people he referenced, MARRIED them

He's reluctant because it's an ongoing situation.

Thank you for your objectivity.

Daren Holloway I want that on a t-shirt 😂

Daren Holloway why not? or how come? Your statement makes no sense to me.

Because a butcher can't bake.

Oh my god so true. Award winning statement. Yes don't get your meat, and bread at the same place.

Alonso or should I call you Tavis? You talk a lot like him by just running your mouth in self defense. Again. Tavis could not answer Don Lemmon's question so he should be quiet. He wanted to use the platform to clear his name but what's that old saying.. "what's done in the dark?" You see Russell Simmons immediately just shut his mouth but Tavis being the narcisstic person he is, simply thinks he can fool everyone. Well Don Lemmon isn't hearing it and neither will millions of others believe Tavis. And this is Tavis first time hearing of these allegations. Really, Tavis? Wow.

bluetextbooks try spell check

tyrone james telling someone to cease the behavior is the first step in a case like this.

Aaron L I can agree on that.

tyrone james That the smartest comment I have seen anyone make on this situation involving Tavis.

If she is a woman..yes.

alex seioo MGTOW!!

Haya Glamazon hell no some women are willing to sleep around why would any man pay a price for sleeping around unless he's raped or groped

well said, I Totally agree. Do you think his guilty?

You make some good points, in that it's not a good idea for any man and/ or woman in power to get into those types of situations, but I'm not sure that "feeling a need to have sex" to advance ones career should be used as a bargaining chip, for those who actually have consensual sex for those reasons, but to your point, people do it all the time. I'd say just walk away, unless their "down for the deal". That type of deal usually comes back to bite one or the other people involved in one way or another. Also, now days all it takes is an allegation, no matter what the circumstances are. The ball starts rolling pretty easily.

Ade Ola I don't think he has raped or forced women into sex but I think he used terrible judgement.

Marx Wade Right exactly all is needed is an allegation. I hope men are careful and just stay faithful to wives at home. I know Tavis is single but he should find love elsewhere

I'll tell you what does not matter.. You opinion.

But this isn't a court matter unless 1.) criminal charges of sexual assault are filed or 2.) Smiley seeks to sue PBS to keep his job if PBS decides to fire him. And if PBS does fire him, ya better believe they believe they have good enough evidence to defend themselves in court.

MMA HEARTBEAT Nor should it be firable. Big difference between consensual and sexual misconduct or abuse.

MMA HEARTBEAT no he admitted that he was a predator. Doing employees isn't playing.

dollybatam No!

jfsfrnd That's where he worked.

Same here Alex. Screw pbs

jfsfrnd Oh I was a big fan. I won't deal with them now!!

I’d doubt it

Ann'G Yup ... he was Fucking like a rabbit !

Cindy Christian Hi Cindy. I'm John and I wanted to wish you a Happy new year and it's great to meet you. I agree with you too.

they're not co-workers...

Rayne Ryan I do agree, as the sudden outbreak of sexual misconduct allegations is really abundant now. But sometimes when you're asked questions and you don't answer them, it's sometimes the things that you're NOT saying that can reveal the truth.

Larry 306 THAT would be true if it was handled across the board. Crossing the line has worked for 45 before he was 45

tavis has his OWN definition of sexual abuse. Of course he knows who he has messed with- & only want to answer to what he want to. Get real tavis- u have been caught w/your "pants down" & now u want some sympathy- Forget it!!!!!!!

Luebla Blacknell idiots like u scare me. After watching this interview is this what I took away?

Larry 306 What was done that you consider crossing the line? Exactly, don't assume anything if you don't have any details.

Keitumetse M This man always sounds believable even when he is telling half truths. It is his gift.

+Jester Avrgjoe .. this is why women should not be in the workplace with men at all. this silly experiment started in the 70s, and just caused everyone's income to go down, and the destruction of the family unit

yeah it's pretty normal actually.

Dude, you need to get out more

Harlem Night when a guy owns a business life will go a lot easier if he leaves the help alone and keeps business all business. All you gotta do is up your game a little bit and find what you want after your done with business. Actually you said it get out more then you don't have to bang the help.

craig rankine I do and I wouldn't dream of banging the help.

People shouldn't have sex with their employees but if they do its not a crime as long as it's consensual.

kenisha white hey what's up, Kenisha? I'm John, and I agree with you. It's important to watch the company you keep, or in this case, the people you date. Sometimes how smart you are doesn't matter if you've done something that you should have known better about.

nah.. he's way out of character, he's acting, sorry.