CUBA GOODING JR.
IS IN THE NEWS TODAY BECAUSE OF A SPONTANEOUS ACTION HE TOOK
WHILE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN HORROR STORY WITH HIS CAST
MATES.
APPARENTLY HE GOES UP ON
STAGE WITH SARAH PAULSON AND DOES THIS.
>> SO HE WENT UP TO HER AND LIFTED HER SKIRT WITHOUT HER
EXPECTING IT.
THERE ARE SOME SCREENSHOTS WE WILL SHOW YOU TO
GIVE YOU MORE PERSPECTIVE.
THIS WAS NOT STAGED.
SHE DID NOT PLAN
IT OR EXPECT IT.
SHE KIND OF LAUGHED IT OFF THE PEOPLE WHO
SAW THIS DID NOT.
THEY WERE OFFENDED THAT HE WOULD DO THAT.
I WILL REVIEW A FEW OF THE
TWEETS.
WHAT YOU THINK CENK?
>>YEAH, THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT STAGED.
YOU COULD TELL WHEN SHE
PUT THE SKIRT BACK DOWN.
THAT
WAS NOT FRIENDLY BANTER.
THIS WAS FAIRLY EASY, DON'T DO THAT,
IT IS WEIRD AND CREEPY.
IT IS ALSO BORDERLINE SEXUAL ASSAULT.
BUT SHE IS THE ONE THAT GETS TO
DECIDE WHAT IS OR IS IT.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF SHE WAS GOING TO
PRESS CHARGES.
I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW FRIENDLY THEY ARE, MAYBE THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS.
AND
PRIVATE THEY MIGHT BE LIKE NO BIG DEAL, AND IF THEY ARE
FRIENDS THAT IS THEIR CALL.
BUT IN PUBLIC THAT IS A BAD IDEA.
>> THAT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA IN PUBLIC.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS UP
TO HER TO DECIDE IF SHE WAS
OFFENDED.
I CAN SAY BY LOOKING AT THAT VIDEO, I WOULD REACT
DIFFERENTLY.
HE WOULD HAVE A STERN TALKING TO AFTERWARDS.
MORE THAN ANYTHING IT IS
INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL.
TO LIFT SOMEONE'S SKIRT UP LIKE
THAT?
WHY DID YOU THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?
MAYBE THERE IS
SOMETHING WE ARE MISSING, SOME CONTEXT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT.
I
CAN'T IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.
YOU DON'T
LIFT SOMEONE'S DRESS.
I DON'T GO TO A GUY AND PULL HIS PANTS DOWN.
>> ALL THAT WOULD DO IS EXPOSE MY ROCK HARD ASS.
CUBA GOODING
JR.
HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
THE SHOW HAS NOT REACTED, NEITHER HAS SARAH
PAULSON.
ALL WE KNOW IS PEOPLE
ARE OUTRAGED AND YEAH, IT IS NOT A CLOSE CALL.
IN TERMS OF WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT IT, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
I'M NOT SAYING IT
HAS TO BE A FEDERAL CASE, BUT IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT WAS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO ñ HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION, AND IT
IS NOT RIGHT TO DO THAT.
LET'S ALSO GET TO THE OTHER OBVIOUS
THING, THAT IS SUPER WEIRD.
>>YEAH.
EXACTLY.
IT IS SUCH A STRANGE THING.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ñ
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE WERE ON A
PANEL AND YOU LIFTED MY SKIRT?
>>WE BARELY HUG, LET ALONE LIFT UP HER SKIRT.
THAT IS SO WEIRD
AND CREEPY.
THAT IS CRAZY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH
HIM BUT IF IT IS A THING HE DOES REGULARLY HE SHOULD SEEK HELP.