Just when

you thought you’ve seen it all, someone else drops a bomb.

Prominent US

reporter and analyst Jeffrey Toobin has admitted that he made a ‘stupid mistake’

after he was allegedly caught masturbating during a Zoom call.

Toobin, 60,

who is a US legal analyst, has been suspended by the New Yorker magazine for

the incident which occurred last week.

It is

understood that Toobin was part of an election simulation with the New Yorker

and WNYC radio last week. During a break, it is said that he appeared to be on

a different Zoom call when he was seen on touching his penis. It said that the

incident was witnessed by a number of people.

Toobin has since

released a statement.

“I made

an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologize to my

wife, family, friends and co-workers,” he said.

“I

believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see

me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video.”

New Yorker

said that Toobin has been suspended while the matter is being investigated.