Rep. Weiner Admits Sending Explicit Photos Of Himself Out On The Internet

Statement Follows Tweet Of Image Said To Be Congressman's Penis

June 8, 2011 11:59 PM

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are bad days, then there’s the one Rep. Anthony Weiner had on Wednesday.

Weiner’s office released a statement on Wednesday night that said the congressman sent explicit photos of himself out on the Internet. This latest bombshell came hours after an X-rated photo that he purportedly took of himself turned up on the Web and shortly after news broke that his wife is pregnant.

“As Rep. Weiner said on Monday when he took responsibility for his actions, he has sent explicit photos. To reiterate, he has never met any of these women or had physical contact with them. As he said, he deeply regrets the pain he has caused. With the full support of his wife, he is working on righting these wrongs with his family and his colleagues,” Weiner spokeswoman Risa B. Heller said.

This came on the heels of conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who posted the infamous crotch shot last week and shirtless photos of Weiner on his site BigGovernment.com Monday, saying he had a copy of an X-rated photo allegedly showing Weiner’s penis.

Breitbart also said he wouldn’t post the photo online.

weiner opie and anthony Rep. Weiner Admits Sending Explicit Photos Of Himself Out On The Internet

Photo allegedly of Anthony Weiner's penis on Andrew Breitbart's iPhone (Altered due to graphic nature)

He kept his word…sort of. During an appearance on Opie and Anthony’s radio show Wednesday, he showed the photo to the Sirius XM shock jocks that he apparently kept on his iPhone – another story altogether…

WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell: If Weiner Thought Things Couldn’t Get Any Worse, They Have

Guess what happened next? The jocks took a photo of the photo and Tweeted it. Or so we thought. Opie a.k.a. Gregg Hughes, later posted a video explaining that he wanted to take a picture from Breitbart’s iPhone, it came out too blurry — but video supposedly captured the image, someone then took a screengrab of the image from the video and sent it to them. Opie and an O&A staffer then took a photo of the much-clearer screengrab and raced to see who could Tweet it first.

He also said Andrew Breitbart is not happy the picture got out and he believes it was never Breitbart’s intention for it to be Tweeted.

Weiner’s nightmarish day ended with CBS 2 learning his wife, Huma Abedin, is expecting the couple’s first child. Can it get any worse for the six-term New York Democrat? Check back with CBSNewYork on Thursday.

Did you follow all of that? If you’d like to see the photo in question, click below:

Click here to see the original photo Tweeted by Opie & Anthony (Warning: Graphic)

Rep. Weiner Admits Sending Explicit Photos Of Himself Out On The Internet

kevin F

Weiners schnozzola is bigger than his weenie. What do these young girls find sexy about that? Please, someone throw me a bone and tell me.

Space C.

You should become a reporter, you really know how to ask the tough questions society has been longing to hear answers about. Maybe 60 minutes would kile to speak to you. Moron !

kevin F

@Space C.

Lick my bunion!

Maya

Funny that people are more het up about the picture than the fact that Breitbart claimed he would never release the photo out of respect for Weiner’s family. I guess it is okay to let someone else do the dirty work for you! Why would he 1) go on O & A to discuss it in the first place and 2) show them the picture at all? In a studio that has all kinds of recording equipment in it? Really? If he really wanted to keep it private, he wouldn’t have shown it to them AT ALL. (And why is it on his phone?)

I agree with Ellen, what Weiner did was stupid but there has to be something more important going on in the world than this right now.

IgnoranteElephante

Well, Maya, I guess Breibart was less than honest much like Weiner, who out and out lied. The difference is Breibert is a pundit with no control over our everyday affairs, and Weiner is a Congressman sworn to serve the people of the United States and particularly his constituents. When he admittedly lied to the public so that he would not get caught, he put his self interest in covering up his shame above his duty to the people to be forthright. If he was so quick to lie—and blame Breibert—when he felt the noose tightening, there’s no telling what he would do to enrich and protect himself at the cost of those of whom he is sworn to serve. The audacity of this Weiner to call those who dare question his sketchy story “j@ck@$$e$” and claim they are distracting from the real issues when his arrogance is the real issue.

Maya

Weiner was completely arrogant and should have come out at the start and admitted it was him rather than make all those public denials, no disagreement there whatsoever. What he did had nothing to do with his job, however. I can understand people being upset by the revelations but he did not break any laws and as of yet, there has been no evidence that he used government resources to send the messages and pictures. If there is an Ethics Committee investigation that finds otherwise, that is a different issue to address.

That is not to say that I think what he has done is acceptable. The betrayal in his actions would be to his wife, though, not his constituents. That is an issue for the two of them to work out.
IgnoranteElephante

I could not disagree more with your statement that it had nothing to do with his job. As a congressman, he has to be honest and forthcoming. Once the matter became public, it became a public issue for which he had to handle in an ethical manner. If he did not wish it to become public, he should not have run for public office and should not have tweeted it to unsolicited followers. He further publicized it by alleging a conspiracy and by holding several press conferences where he lied and insinuated those that questioned him were creating a distraction. Once he knew his cover was about to be blown, he came out with a teary eyed apology. Do you seriously think he would have done that had he thought he could keep the charade going by silencing all of his skeptics? No way. His actions are right out of the Elliot Spitzer-Bill Clinton playbook, where you lie to the public as long as you can and only when it is painfully obvious your story will no longer hold any water, begin to come clean with tears, stories of addictions, “weaknesses,” and “problems,” and telling all you are only human. I remind you this minion monger is the same one who claimed the Statue of Triumph of Virtue was sexist. In that statue, a bare-chested mail steps on two scantily clad females representing vice and corruption. How ironic.
Katherine Norman

It should be all about CHARACTER, CHARACTER, CHARACTER…otherwise, what is it all about???

MrJones

A man that truly lives up to his name.

Bernie Sanders

he sure does

Bowwowwow

Weiners Frank has more beans than meat. Pathetic.
Kelly

Well at least I did not have to worry about seeing this on my computer at work – when I asked one of the girls what she thought it was, she said it looked like a Smurf head peeking thru a forest with a mushroom in the foreground. Not exactly mindblowing.
Rodin

I wanna see Weiner’s wiennie in the flesh before I judge. If the world can see it on Twitter, why can’t we in the news?

Rodin

PS –
With all the anabolics gushing through that bod, there’s more to this story than tweeting and texting.

dave game

Rodin is a dysfunctional sexual perver listed on numerous reports.

Marty Cohen

This is supposed to be the Sword of a Stud? Jeez, my 7 year old Nephew packs more meat than that.

Shlomo Farkas

Wait, how do you know what your 7 year old nephew’s peni$ looks like?

Shlomo Farkas

Yes, CBS censored the real spelling od peni$ in an article about Weiner’s peni$. Go figure.

nyc

That’s just really nasty !
Mandy

It ain’t ‘Nuttin, Honey. Put that junk back in your underwear and start writing that resignation speech tonight!
Skip

I saw his news conference where he was crying. Well I would be crying too if that was all I had.Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie shriveled uncut Weiners weenie

UC

Most likely he’s cut since he is Jewish

Andrew

Have you no shame Copngressman Weiner, that thing dosen`t even make it a a weenie. Mabye a teenie weenie. Hey when you resign and you will resign get a bow tie and go on the Pee Wee Herman show. I don`t blame your wife for keeping quiet any woman would be ashamed for the world to know her hubby was carrying that little thing around.
Bizzy Bee Bun

Chock full o’ nuts, if you ask me. The roots are bigger than the tree. Now it all makes sense, if you know what the Napoleon Complex is!
Bobby NYC

This is Bobby from NYC

Ellen

Hi Bobby from NYC, Ellen from guess what Lowell Massachusetts, and the real news for us should be the New York Yankee’s Boston Red Sox series! Now that’s something to post about.

Kujo

After seeing this – you, my friend, are no Ron Jeremy. Keep your day job (if you can)
MrJones

With people of this ilk running our country is it any wonder why we are in the shape we’re in?
jimbo

Ha ha lol, what else could you say!
Missy Ann

Saw it – I laughed so hard my co-workers asked why Iced Tea was shooting out of my nose!!! Is this what all the fuss is about? That pathetic thing was not worth losing the credibility & trust of millions of people !

edlo

to have it larger and thicker than a hot dog is what makes him a winner, he should proud of himself instead, i mean c mon

G!LL

may b he wanted to prove wrong someone, that he is not an uncut.
MrJones

Will Pelosi stay true to her word and eradicate this swamp thing?
pooh pooh

have some decency and resign
Yo Momma

Yuck. Just saw the hard weenie on Twitter; it’s teeny. Whatever this guy does after resigning office, he will not be offered a job in the porn industry, you can be sure of that.
Bart Morrow

Actually, I love the HARD EVIDENCE headline – good job CBS! Good job with the entire story over the past week. And I have to say, Marcia Kramer is awesome, her stalking this story has made me watch the CBS local news every night. You guys are almost up there with the NY Post. Keep it “UP”.

PS: Without a doubt, Weiner must go, and must go now.
Ellie Mc.

Ewwwwwww…..just saw Weiner’s Peenie on Twitter – Gross. I cannot stomach the thought of this man remaining even one more day in office representing me as a Congressman. This just put the nail in his coffin. He’s Dead Man Walking now that this has come out.

PS: It’s ain’t all “that” if you know what I mean!!!!!!
The conservative

Real classy title CBS!
Ellen

Give it up will you,so the guy did something stupid, so what. Hey if you have a problem with it then just vote him out of office. Simple as that.

MYOP

I agree 100% with you Ellen. Enough already!

Ellen

Thanks MYOP. I mean isn’t there any other news out there?

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