David Letterman revealed that the sex and blackmail scandal that rocked his reputation and marriage was “hell” — and sent him spiraling into depression!
In 2009, CBS News producer Robert Halderman discovered the TV host was having an affair with assistant Stephanie Birkitt — and threatened to turn the sordid story into a screenplay if he didn’t receive $2 million.
Letterman, then hosting “The Late Show,” shocked viewers by announcing he’d had sex with women who worked for him while exposing the extortion attempt.
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But David confessed his agony to his inner circle, saying the experience was “akin to having killed your family in a car crash.”
“I was afraid my family was gone,” recalled the funnyman — but wife Regina Lasko still stood by him throughout the ordeal.