Bette Midler has tweeted a video of an interview she did with Barbara Walters in 1991 in which she said journalist Geraldo Rivera groped her in the 1970s.
The video resurfaced today, a day after Rivera, now a Fox News reporter, defended Matt Lauer after he was fired as a “Today” show co-host over allegations of sexual misconduct.
“Tomorrow is my birthday,” Midler wrote on Twitter. “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.”
Midler concluded the tweet with a #MeToo hashtag, which has become synonymous with speaking out against sexual harassment and abuse.
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 pic.twitter.com/TkcolFWfA2
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler)
In the interview, Midler tells Walters, “Geraldo and his producer came to do an interview with me, in the ’70s, the early ’70s. And this was when he was very, sort of, hot. 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.
”“Poppers” is slang for the recreational drug alkyl nitrite.
“Grope?” Walters asks, looking surprised.
Midler responds, “Groped me. I did…
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