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Care to elaborate? I never got too into his shows, but he never seemed particularly uncool to me.

I was a fan of Leo from back in the zdtv days but over the last year I've had enough of him and don't watch anything he does any more. Reasons include his constant use of "funny" indian and russian accents, constant on air sexual "jokes" to and about female guests (he once admitted on air that Kate Botello filed a complaint with HR about him back in the techtv days and Shannon Morse and Sarah Lane have both made a #metoo post which many believe to refer at least in part to Leo), and other things like his inability to be on time for his own shows (he has even been late for his radio show more than once), total lack of preparation for shows, spending tens of thousands on vacations while complaining about how expensive it is to pay his employees, and turning on former cohosts like Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood, and Justin Young.

Wow, yeah, that's pretty uncool. Thanks for filling me in.

I don't mind the rest of it so much but I have to agree about the sexual joking around with his female cohosts. They are clearly uncomfortable, it's palpable. And he KEEPS DOING IT. I would give him a break once, maybe twice, but it is persistent in some cases to the point where it's borderline harrasment - and that's what we can hear on air. Who knows what happens when we are not listening.

It's a good reminder to those of us who assume otherwise that otherwise perfectly intelligent, rational and seemingly polite and reasonable people can be completely blind to this sort of thing.

Biased but some context: totaldrama.net

That just looks like a website made by a hateful obsessive.

I think the site is run by an ex-employee. There is a lot of drama about nothing, however there are some cases were Leo is clearly not a "good" person especially when it comes to how he treats his employees.

Don't bother. his (simooo) opinion is no more valid than anyone else. Not coincidentally anyone can see Leo puts out original content for a very long time. From the beginning. No matter what I hope he always is able to keep doing it.

Not opinion. Facts

The way he treats his female guests/co-hosts.

Accidentally streaming his private porn habits repeatedly.

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