Journalists and political pundits have taken to social media to dunk on Jeffrey Toobin, a New Yorker writer and CNN chief legal analyst, after he was suspended for allegedly masturbating during a Zoom call with colleagues last week.
VICE reported Monday:
Two people who were on the call told VICE separately that the call was an election simulation featuring many of the New Yorker’s biggest stars: Jane Mayer was playing establishment Republicans; Evan Osnos was Joe Biden, Jelani Cobb was establishment Democrats, Masha Gessen played Donald Trump, Andrew Marantz was the far right, Sue Halpern was left wing democrats, Dexter Filkins was the military, and Jeffrey Toobin playing the courts. There were also a handful of other producers on the call from the New Yorker and WNYC.
Both people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely, noted that it was unclear how much each person saw, but both said that they saw Toobin jerking off.
New Yorker editor David Remnick addressed the incident in an email to all employees: “Dear All, As you may have read in various news reports today, one of our writers, Jeff Toobin, was suspended after an incident on a Zoom call last week. Please be assured that we take such matters seriously and that we are looking into it. Best, David.”
Toobin seemingly confirmed that exposing himself was the motivation behind the suspension, though he claimed it was merely an accident.“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologize to my wife, family, friends, and co-workers,” he told Motherboard.
A CNN spokesperson told Law&Crime that Toobin has requested “some time off while he deals with a personal issue, which we have granted.”
Below is a slew of jokes, insults, and burns directed at Toobin in the wake of his epic embarrassment:
Was the Jeffrey Toobin thing on Dick Tock?😜
— Diane Warren (@Diane_Warren) October 20, 2020
Honestly, I feel like everything that can be said about Jeffrey Toobin has already been said.
In other words: To be frank, there’s no more meat on that bone.
— Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) October 20, 2020
Jeffrey Toobin subtweet https://t.co/Z0Bs4rOlIE
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) October 20, 2020
Available soon! The Jeffrey Toobin action figure! pic.twitter.com/KnXRH74Dvp
— Neal Boortz (@Talkmaster) October 20, 2020
he was lubin’ the Toobin
— Jim Vejvodrome (@JimVejvoda) October 20, 2020
Toobin didn’t kill himself
— F. Scott Fitzgowsky (@ScottRogowsky) October 20, 2020
Toobin had a stroke of bad luck. https://t.co/ymcSV5lsP3
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) October 20, 2020
Today’s @nypost cover pic.twitter.com/kdwDKnqURf
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 20, 2020
How long before the Toobin call is blamed on Russian erection interference?
— Chad Prather – Parler @watchchad (@WatchChad) October 20, 2020
Did Jeffrey Toobin finish? #MeToobin
— Michael Berry (@MichaelBerrySho) October 20, 2020
Has anyone checked on Jeffrey Toobin’s dick today? Last I heard he was beating it in public.
— Chad Prather – Parler @watchchad (@WatchChad) October 20, 2020
Dianne Feinstein congratulated Jeffrey Toobin, said it was the best Zoom call she’d participated in.
— Alan Spencer (@MrAlanSpencer) October 20, 2020
here’s Toobin’s latest pic.twitter.com/X9x39u6MLh
— josh terry (@JoshhTerry) October 20, 2020
Toobin’s first meeting at The New Yorker tomorrow morning. pic.twitter.com/K2dZTYYbsB
— Ben Mezrich (@benmezrich) October 20, 2020
Another sad casualty of the shutdown.https://t.co/YmYkQPHysM
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 19, 2020
Damn @JeffreyToobin pic.twitter.com/ZkS1gFsyyi
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) October 20, 2020
— Sasha Issenberg (@sissenberg) October 19, 2020
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