I'm not saying he's not a horrible person, I think he is and maybe is indeed guilty of sexual harassment, wouldn't doubt it. He does seem to be a bit of a pervert and a horrible boss but yeah I do think total drama is not 100% reliable without context. I was never able to find a better tech podcast than TWiT in its golden days, and even if it's a shadow of its former self, I enjoy Leo's take on certain topics, not all since he doesnt seem to care to do much research, but in some he's still got it.Īs far as the sexual harassment allegations, I think for the most part most of them are just him joking around. I guess I learned to separate the art from the artist. I actually started to listen to TWiT again, since October 2017, but I only listen to episodes that have topics I'm interested in, I still find the guests dull but I realized that I still like Leo Laporte. Dvorak really did add to the show with his knowledge even if he liked to play around unlike Leo when he plays around there was some reason for it. Dvorak I stopped listening all together no matter who was the guest. Dvorak and other guests I still liked but when he banned John C.
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I would still download episodes with John C. I dropped the show and felt better, odd feeling since it was a podast but it was one I just didn't enjoy anymore. Sure enough there were perfectly reasonable explanations for all of them and "no hard feelings" but you can believe that when it happens once, or a few times but every single time? Over the years I kept dropping shows from TWiT until the only one I listened to was TWiT but I started to realize even that show was sort of a chore, I realized that I just didn't like the guests anymore, I started to google what happened and sure enough it was BS drama that they either got banned or some other reason. I was so happy when I found TWiT since it filled that itch that I had missed since TechTV went off air and listened for many many years, I heard the drama of different things that happened through out the years but I didn't care even when people started talking bad about the show, I still listened for a long time after that. TechTV got me into tech as a kid so of course I loved Leo and the rest. Let's not start hating on people who haven't actually been accused of anything, especially when the "rumors" come from troll sites with a clear agenda. If you can't tell, I do feel slightly conflicted about this, but I've come down pretty hard on one side. He did something fairly crappy, he was called out on it, and I'm not going to hold that against him for the rest of his life. IMO, what he did was inappropriate but not anywhere near as egregiously awful as the recent slew of harassment allegations in the media. I've looked into it, and Leo really did get sued for Sexual Harassment in the late 90s. It seemed natural to ignore whatever presumably-rediculous stories they could come up with. the reason I didn't originally believe those stories about Evilore was because, well, there were (are) a lot of trolls on the internet who really wanted an excuse to take down Neogaf's leader. And while having a Black Friend doesn't make Donald Trump less of a racist, the fact that Leo seems to be on good terms with a lot of feminists counts for something in my eyes. Until then, I'm not going to make assumptions on what might have happened. If there's something there, hopefully it will come out from a legitimate source. (The Gawker thing is neither here nor there, unless you think that simply possessing a dick pick is a moral failing.) But I'm also not willing to give credence to a site called Total Drama. He has no shame meanwhile so-called feminists like Gina Trapani continue to turn a blind eye to it and laugh it off.Ĭlick to shrink.Yeah, I get that, and I've thought about it before too in relation to Leo. He went on to describe an incident where he made lewd comments towards Kate Botello back in 1999 and got in trouble for it. He’s made his intentions very clear 2 years ago.ġ:50: “I have gotten in trouble for sexual harassment many times” – Leo Laporte He should keep a low profile, he's probably next in line for the #metoo campaign, LOTS of stories of harassment and lewd behaviour towards women.ġ1:01 – Leo kisses photo he took of Sarah’s lips with his smartphoneĢ5:30 – “If I cross them it’s actually worse” – SarahĢ5:40 – “You can’t see anything except a dark triangle” “…A triangle of darkness” – LeoĢ5:56 – “I just want to say for the record that’s underwear you’re seeing” – SarahĢ6:01 – “I am not looking (laughing)” – LeoĢ6:11 – “Its my fault, I should not wear skirts” – SarahĢ6:50 – “You look really good today” – LeoĢ8:41 – “You are a smart, intelligent, powerful woman, don’t let that Leo guy bring you down” – Leo