Fox News grills Anthony Weiner about being a ‘changed man’ after serial sexting conviction
The Carlos Danger comeback tour is off to a rocky start.
Disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) struggled to convince Fox News host Sean Hannity that he’s a “changed” man after being convicted and doing prison time for sexting a 15-year-old girl as part of a yearslong string of pervy acts.
“I don’t think you go through that type of experience and don’t emerge changed,” Weiner said Monday night.
But Weiner, 57, failed to win over Hannity in the contentious interview to launch his planned new radio gig with fellow failed mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa.
“I am not out to persuade you or anyone else that I have changed,” Weiner said. “I mean, I am doing a radio show, and people can call in and then ask me questions.”
“I’m not trying to make someone like me, or [have] someone be persuaded of any particular outlook on me,” Weiner added.
Weiner was a fast-rising Democratic star in Congress and a power couple with top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin when his X-rated hijinks came to light in 2011, forcing him to step down from representing a district spanning parts of Queens and Brooklyn.
Using the cringeworthy moniker “Carlos Danger,” Weiner sent crotch shots to random women and girls he met online.
He apologized and claimed he had seen the light several times, winning back Abedin and even launching a comeback bid for mayor in 2013.
But it all came falling apart again when it was revealed that he had not given up his pervy ways. He eventually was convicted of sending obscene materials to a minor and served more than a year in federal prison.
Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in prison for teen sexting scandal
Weiner insisted that his new gig would be focused on New York City and its challenges, rather than any effort to remake his personal public brand.
“Hopefully, people will tune in to the show, but I’m not terribly interested in trying to make them feel any differently about me,” Weiner said.
