article_snippet.sent: David Letterman stunned David Letterman Late Show audience into silence with a joke branded 'disrespectful to women' David Letterman stunned David Letterman Late Show audience into silence with a joke which has been branded as 'disrespectful to women'.
article_snippet.sent: But a joke which has been branded as 'disrespectful to women' received a frosty reception from the shocked crowd.
article_snippet.sent: However, several audience members at the Ed Sullivan Theater were furious over a joke which has been branded as 'disrespectful to women'.
article_snippet.sent: Retired Jerry Stockton, from Virginia, called it 'disrespectful to women' while another, who would not be named, said it had been an 'odd choice' for the first joke of the evening.
highlights_snippet.sent: The host told them 'Treat a lady like a wh–e, and a wh–e like a lady'
  Joke was met with stunned silence with some branding it 'disrespectful' 