David Letterman: Talks about wife’s reaction to sex scandal

David Letterman: Talks about wife’s reaction to sex scandal

On Monday comedian David Letterman said that his wife has been "horribly hurt" by revelations of his sexual affairs exposed in an extortion plot against him and he apologized to staff of his popular late-night talk show.

During the taping of his Monday show the host of "Late Show with David Letterman" said that he will try to patch things up with Regina, whom he married in March after dating for over twenty years. The two have a five year old son, Harry.

According to a statement from his company, Worldwide Pants, David Letterman told audiences, "She has been horribly hurt by my behavior, and when something happens like that, if you hurt a person and it's your responsibility, you try to fix it,"
He continued, "And at that point, there's only two things that can happen: either you're going to make some progress and get it fixed, or you're going to fall short and perhaps not get it fixed, so let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for me."

He said that he was "terribly sorry that I put the staff in that position. Inadvertently, I just wasn't thinking ahead ... my thanks to the staff for, once again, putting up with something stupid I've gotten myself involved in."

On Thursday, David Letterman told audiences that he had been victimized in an extortion plot by a man who threatened to write a screenplay or book about "all the terrible stuff" that Letterman had done. The talk show host then admitted of involving in sexual affairs with women being employed in his show.

One day later Robert "Joe" Halderman, a producer for CBS news program "48 Hours," was indicted on a charge of grand larceny for seeking 2 million dollars in hush money from Letterman. Halderman faces up to fifteen years of imprisonment if convicted.

On Monday, Halderman's attorney Gerald Shargel took to U.S. morning talk shows to proclaim his client's innocence and said that Letterman's version of the story was only one side.

On NBC's "Today" show Shargel said, "David Letterman didn't give his (Halderman's) side of the story, David Letterman gave what he wanted the public to know,"

He continued, "He wanted to get out ahead of the story, and that's exactly what he did,"

Shargel said that it was unlikely that Halderman would have sought to extort Letterman by taking a cheque of 2 million dollars, because that is not how extortionists normally operate.

He declined to say in details what might be his client's defense, but added that the veteran journalist has reported on crime stories for years. The attorney said, "He knows all about cops and wiretaps. And to suggest that he was trapped in an extortion plot is preposterous”.

Shargel said that he looked forward to questioning David Letterman on the witness stand.

According to the court documents Halderman owed an ex-wife $6,800 a month in child and spousal support. The authorities have said that he is in debt.