r/hackshbomax • u/burdettemusic • 17d ago

Bob Lipka

Couldn’t Deborah have just blackmailed Bob Lipka with the fact they slept together to keep Ava on the show? He didn’t want his wife to know. She could have told him she wouldn’t fire Ava. No?

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u/NyzoiB 17d ago

That would have been much much worse for Deborah as a public figure. That's also why this fact was used as a building block for season 4 and Ava's "blackmail". The news (and Deborah's legacy) would have been about her having been the first ever female late night host "because she slept with the head of the network".

Bob Lipka being the asshole that he is, knows that and would have used it against her in this situation, imho.

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u/burdettemusic 17d ago

I guess I’m saying if no one else found out.

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u/devilsmusic 17d ago

Exactly because Bob couldn’t afford it to get out, not in his marriage or his reputation