“Baby, these men are having the hardest time,” Whoopi Goldberg said during the Monday, June 1, broadcast, while discussing Platner’s drama. “It doesn’t even matter what side of the fence you’re on. These men are just whippin’ and racin’ all through the place.”
“I just thought, no shade gentlemen, but it just feels like y’all are out of control,” she continued. “Every time we turn around somebody got somebody else up against a wall, in the bed. What is happening?”
Platner’s former campaign staffer, Genevieve McDonald, told the Associated Press the politician was “sexting multiple women while married.”
While Platner — who shared a video of his wife, Amy Gertner calling the claims “shameful” — denied McDonald’s claims, he would not deny the existence of the text messages, according to AP News.
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Ana Navarro went on to name other politicians such as Rep. Eric Swalwell, who was accused of sexual misconduct and dropped out of the race for California governor and resigned from Congress, and Rep. Tony Gonzales, who resigned over sexual misconduct allegations.
Swalwell has adamantly denied any wrongdoing, while Gonzales eventually admitted to having an affair with a former aide.