and that was it for a while. and then. ..he. ..asked if he could. ..visit the studios, work experience type of thing. i said, well, come down and have a look for sure. which he did. how old was he when he first said to you i m interested in television ? was he 18 by that point? 19, then, i would think. 19 by then. when you look back now, if you were to look back at those messages now, is there any sense in which you were flirting with him? no. i ve been 41 years in television. you know, nothing like this before you know, no accusations. i mean, this is. this is all, you know, accusations. and then when you met him in person, was there a little moment of sexual attraction then even? absolutely not. 0k. so to be absolutely clear, how old was this young man when you first had any kind of sexual contact with him? 20.
..visit the studios, work experience type of thing. i said, well, come down and have a look for sure. which he did. how old was he when he first said to you i m interested in television ? was he 18 by that point? 19, then, i would think. 19 by then. when you look back now, if you were to look back at those messages now, is there any sense in which you were flirting with him? no. i ve been 41 years in television. you know, nothing like this before you know, no accusations. i mean, this is. this is all, you know, accusations. and then when you met him in person, was there a little moment of sexual attraction then even? absolutely not. 0k. so to be absolutely clear, how old was this young man when you first had any kind of sexual contact with him? 20. is that when. i mean, this is obviously the nub of it and for the record,
whether it was immediately or sometime after he said, will you follow him on twitter? because he s a fan. so i said, yeah, sure, no problem. and he was, what, 15 at the time? yeah. and this is over a. but i follow. i follow 11,300 people. and in all the time i ve been on twitter, there has never been any whiff of impropriety. and how often were you in touch with him? hardly hardly at all. and that was it for a while. and then. ..he. ..asked if he could. ..visit the studios, work experience type of thing. i said, well, come down and have a look for sure. which he did. how old was he when he first said to you i m interested in television ? i9, i would think. so to be absolutely clear, how old was this young man when you first had any kind of sexual contact with him? 20. let me ask you directly, did you have any kind of sexual relationship or sex with him when he was underage? no god, no. that. i think that is, you know.