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CBS News and PBS dumped Charlie Rose Tuesday amid allegations that the veteran journalist sexually harassed eight women, including young staffers on his show.
In a memo to employees, CBS News President David Rhodes called the accusations “extremely disturbing and intolerable.”
“A short time ago we terminated Charlie Rose’s employment with CBS News, effective immediately,” he wrote.
“Despite Charlie’s important journalistic contribution to our news division, there is absolutely nothing more important, in this or any organization, than ensuring a safe, professional workplace — a supportive environment where people feel they can do their best work. We need to be such a place.”
Eight women, many of whom were former Rose staffers, recently came forward to The Washington Post, accusing him of sexual misconduct — including groping them and walking around nude in their presence.
One of his former assistants, Kyle Godfrey-Ryan, said Rose, 75, would also call her up at odd hours, asking about her sex life and sharing his own sexual fantasy of her swimming naked in his pool.
Three additional women, all CBS employees, emerged on Tuesday to accuse Rose of sexual misconduct, the network said.
“In light of yesterday’s revelations, PBS has terminated its relationship with Charlie Rose and canceled distribution of his programs,” that network wrote in a statement just over an hour after CBS announced it had axed the embattled TV host.
“PBS expects all the producers we work with to provide a
workplace where people feel safe and are treated with dignity and respect.”
Bloomberg TV, which broadcasts Rose’s self-titled show, said it was severing ties with him as well.
Rose co-hosted “CBS This Morning” for five years — and his fellow anchors directly addressed the accusations at the start of Tuesday’s show.
Norah O’Donnell insisted there’s “no excuse” for Rose’s alleged behavior.
“This is a moment that demands a frank and honest assessment about where we stand and, more generally, the safety of women,” she told viewers.
“This I know is true: Women cannot achieve equality in the workplace or in society until there is a reckoning and a taking of responsibility.”
She continued, “I’m really proud to work at CBS News. There are so many incredible people here, especially on this show. This will be investigated. This has to end. This behavior is wrong.”
Co-host Gayle King said she barely slept after the damning accusations emerged Monday.
“Charlie does not get a pass here,” she said. “I really am reeling. I got one hour and 42 min- utes of sleep last night. Both my son and my daughter called me. Oprah called me and said, ‘Are you OK?’ I am not OK.”
King added it was “deeply disturbing, troubling and painful” to read the Washington Post report.
“I’ve enjoyed a friendship and a partnership with Charlie for the past five years,” she said. “I have held him in such high regard. And I am really struggling. Because how do you — what do you say when someone that you deeply care about has done something that is so horrible? How do you wrap your brain around that?”
Both co-anchors said they had not yet discussed the accusations with Rose — but praised the women who came forward.
“I intend to speak to him, certainly later today,” King said, “but I’m very sorry, and I’m very glad they have spoken up.”
Rose has not made a statement since Monday, when he apologized for his “inappropriate behavior.”
“I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate,” he tweeted.