Don Lemon asking rape accuser why she didn't stop it.
CNN's Don Lemon has lost his ever-loving mind. During an interview with Joan Tarshis, one of several woman who've come forward with rape accusations against Bill Cosby, Lemon asked her why she didn't just simply use her teeth when Bill Cosby was forcing oral sex on her. Obviously, she could've stopped it at anytime. No joke. He said that.
By way of Media Matters for America:
LEMON: You -- you know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it.
TARSHIS: Oh. Um, I was kind of stoned at the time, and quite honestly, that didn't even enter my mind. Now I wish it would have.
LEMON: Right. Meaning the using of the teeth, right?
TARSHIS: Yes, that's what I'm thinking you're --
LEMON: As a weapon.
TARSHIS: Yeah, I didn't even think of it.
Watch the video and read the full transcript below the fold (the Joan Tarshis interview begins at 2:43).
LEMON: Can I ask you this, because -- and please, I don't mean to be crude, OK?
TARSHIS: Yeah.
LEMON: Because I know some of you -- and you said this last night, that he -- you lied to him and said "I have an infection, and if you rape me, or if you do -- if you have intercourse with me, then you will probably get it and give it to your wife."
TARSHIS: Right.
LEMON: And you said he made you perform oral sex.
TARSHIS: Right.
LEMON: You -- you know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it.
TARSHIS: Oh. Um, I was kind of stoned at the time, and quite honestly, that didn't even enter my mind. Now I wish it would have.
LEMON: Right. Meaning the using of the teeth, right?
TARSHIS: Yes, that's what I'm thinking you're --
LEMON: As a weapon.
TARSHIS: Yeah, I didn't even think of it.
LEMON: Biting. So, um --
TARSHIS: Ouch.
LEMON: Yes. I had to ask. I mean, it is, yeah.
TARSHIS: Yes. No, it didn't cross my mind.