CNN and the New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin, the guy who made waves with a well-reviewed documentary and book on OJ Simpson, is not at work, at least temporarily.
And the reason is, shall we say, not run of the mill: Toobin is accused of exposing himself during a Zoom call with colleagues. He reportedly admits it happened, but says it was an accident.
The New Yorker said that it had suspended Toobin while a spokesperson for CNN said "Jeff Toobin has asked for some time off while he deals with a personal issue, which we have granted."
OJ Simpson weighed in from prison. "Damn, Jeffrey Toobin," Simpson said ... "At least Pee-wee Herman was in an X-Rated movie theater, I'm just sayin'."
We'll leave it up to you to weigh in on who has the moral high ground here. Toobin famously wrote the 1997 book, "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson," which was adapted in the successful FX TV series, "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
Toobin portrayed Simpson as undoubtedly the person who stabbed to death his estranged wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
As for his Zoom situation, Toobin explained it this way: "I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera," he said. "I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers."
"I believed I was not visible on Zoom," he added. "I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video."
In other news, someone should explain to Toobin what the word "muted" means.