Bette Midler claims Geraldo Rivera groped her in the '70s during resurfaced interview
Bette Midler accused Geraldo Rivera of groping her in the '70s in a newly-resurfaced interview with Barbara Walters from 1991.
The clip, which went viral on Twitter after reporter Yashar Ali shared it, shows Midler recounting an encounter with Rivera and an unnamed producer before an interview they both took part in.
"This was when [Rivera] was very, sort of, hot," Midler explained. "And he and his producer left the crew in the other room, they pushed me into my bathroom, they broke two poppers and pushed them under my nose and proceeded to grope me."
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"Groped me," she continued when Walters pressed her for details. "I did not offer myself up on the altar of Geraldo Rivera. He was … he was unseemly."
The clip comes after Rivera tweeted his support of ousted "Today" anchor Matt Lauer and called the news industry a "flirty" business. He has since apologized for the statement.
On Thursday, Midler reacted to the clip going viral with a popular tweet: "Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this. #MeToo"
Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this. #MeToopic.twitter.com/TkcolFWfA2
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) November 30, 2017
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Rivera had actually recounted the moment himself in his 1991 memoir Exposing Myself.
"We were in the bathroom preparing for the interview," he wrote at the time. "And at some point I put my hands on her breasts."
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