video "I have a little story that I would like to tell you, and the home viewers as well. Do you feel like a story?" So began David Letterman tonight, after the first commercial break, sitting at his desk before the monologue. It felt like a normal show — there were one-liners and punchlines — but what happened next was anything but a bit. On national television, before an audience of millions (and no doubt many millions more via YouTube in the days to come), David Letterman admitted that he had had affairs with female staffers on his show — and was being blackmailed by someone about it, to the tune of $2 million. (more...)