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On last night’s installment of The Late Show with David Letterman, the host turned serious during a shocking admission to his studio audience.

Letterman opened up about a $2 million extortion plot against him, in which someone dropped off a package three weeks ago that threatened to expose the comedian’s affair with female co-workers. A note in the package read:

“I know that you do some terrible, terrible things – and I can prove you do these terrible things.”

As cameras rolled, Letterman said he chose to take action: “This morning, I did something I’ve never done in my life. I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury.. I had to tell them all of the creepy things that I had done… The creepy stuff was that I have had sex with women who work for me on this show.”

Letterman has a 5-year-old son, Harry, with Regina Lasko, the woman with whom he’s been for 23 years and married earlier this year.

Incredibly, the host said he took part in a sting operation against the blackmailer. Letterman’s lawyers actually met the man, handed over a counterfeit $2 million check and the man was arrested on Thursday.

Reports indicate the culprit is Robert Halderman, a producer for 48 Hours, who lived with the staffer – Stephanie Birkitt – with whom Letterman slept. (The incident allegedly happened prior to Harry’s birth and prior to Dave’s marriage.)

After his explanation of events, Letterman said: “I don’t plan to say much more on this particular topic.”

Follow this article’s jump to watch a clip of Dave admit to sex with women on the show and then crack a joke about it, as the audience is clearly confused about how to react to this news.

 
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