( CNN ) -- Color us confused . Geraldo Rivera tweeted over the weekend about Kobani , a key Syrian city that has been a focus in the battle against ISIS . The journalist used his official Twitter account to say `` from PR , Kobani is the real Benghazi , the beseiged fortress where president really can & must save heroic defenders . '' But while we get that Rivera was enjoying his time in Puerto Rico , it seemed strange that his tweet would include a topless selfie of himself . It 's not like topless selfies have n't stirred the pot for the 71-year-old before . Back in 2013 , Rivera blamed it on the alcohol when he tweeted out a nearly nude self-portrait of him draped in a towel and wearing only his glasses . At the time he said `` I never do tequila when I 'm alone , but I had this new bottle that someone had given me . The second one , my fate was sealed . `` I said , 'Dammit , I like that picture , ' '' he added . `` I had learned how to use Twitter a couple of weeks ago and there I was . ''
He tweeted about Kobani being `` the real Benghazi '' and that he would be happy to see it fall into ISIS hands. In 2013 he blamed drinking for a nearly nude selfie he sent .