New York City Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner during a news conference at the Gay Men's Health Crisis headquarters July 23, 2013, in New York. (Associated Press)
Weiner appeared Wednesday on a YouTube-based show hosted by Friedland, during which the podcaster suggested Weiner's sexting scandal wouldn't even break the "top 100" news stories of the year in 2025.
Weiner agreed, adding "it was a relatively slow news period" at the time. He also said his name was part of the reason it gained so much publicity.
"I’m a guy named Weiner who tweeted out a picture of his d---," he said.
Friedland pointed to what he suggested was a lack of coverage about accusations against former GOP Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was accused last year of engaging in sex with a minor. Gaetz has denied the accusations.
Anthony Weiner, right, and Huma Abedin appear in court in New York Sept. 13, 2017, asking a New York City judge for privacy in their divorce case. (Jefferson Siegel/The Daily News via AP, Pool)
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Other topics included how Weiner frequently gets mistaken for another sex scandal-plagued New York politician, Eliot Spitzer, how he stayed safe in prison, what it was like having to register as a sex offender and his relationships with other New York Democrats.
Weiner is running in the Democratic primary to represent Manhattan's East Side District 2.
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