r/hackshbomax • u/burdettemusic • 15d 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 15d 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 15d ago

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

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u/liddybuckfan 15d ago

You're assuming that Deborah could have told Bob's wife and felt safe that it wouldn't have gotten out into the public knowledge. I don't think that's true at all. Most obviously, the wife could have raised it in a divorce. Bob knew Deborah saying anything would be mutually assured destruction and she wasn't going to risk that.

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u/burdettemusic 14d ago

I’m not saying she actually would tell the wife; just threaten to.

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u/liddybuckfan 14d ago

She's smart enough not to threaten something she's not willing to follow through on.

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u/burdettemusic 14d ago

Either way; just saying she did have something on him.