David Letterman’s alleged blackmailer was motivated by seeing the TV host kiss his girlfriend.

David Letterman apologised to his wife on the 'Late Show', saying she had been “horribly hurt by my behaviour”.

LATE-NIGHT hosts didn’t waste a moment poking fun at the troubles of one of their own, after a CBS newsman was charged with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million (€1.37m) in a plot that forced the late-night comic toacknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.

A respected TV producer accused of trying to blackmail chat show host David Letterman for $2m (€1.4m) was desperate and deep in debt, prosecutors said.