In the tweet posted by the actor-singer and confirmed by her publicist, she included a video from the 1991 interview with Barbara Walters in which Midler made the allegation against Rivera. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this,” Midler posted, adding the harassment-solidarity hashtag “#MeToo”. Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this. “I did not offer myself up on the altar of Geraldo Rivera,” said Midler, calling his behavior “unseemly”. On Wednesday, Rivera waded into the sexual misconduct crisis that has spread through media, politics and Hollywood.

Source: The Guardian December 01, 2017 00:45 UTC