Geraldo Rivera was pressed on The View over his initial defense of Matt Lauer

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"I spoke and tweeted before I heard the severity of the allegation,” he said. “I should have withheld my digits…until I knew all of the facts," Rivers said this morning, noting that he's friends with many of the #MeToo alleged abusers. "You seem to be blinded by the fact that you like them?” Joy Behar said. “I cop to that,” Geraldo admitted.