Garrison Keillor is the most prominent radio figure to be taken down by sexual harassment accusations, with Minnesota Public Radio cutting all ties to the host Nov. 29. Retired now from hosting “A Prairie Home Companion,” there weren't many ties to cut. MPR will no longer distribute and broadcast the 75-year-old Keillor’s “The Writer’s Almanac” and “The Best of A Prairie Home Companion Hosted by Garrison Keillor” after allegations of “inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.” MPR said it was ending the relationship because of a single accusation; Keillor said later in the day, that he has to respect the privacy "of the two employees who made the allegations." He seemed to dispute the allegation, telling The Minneapolis Star Tribune, “I put my hand on a woman’s bare back. I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled.... I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.” But then he also said, "I’m 75 and don’t have any interest in arguing about this, and I cannot in conscience bring danger to a great organization I’ve worked hard for since 1969.” Keillor also said, “If I had a dollar for every woman who asked to take a selfie with me and who slipped an arm around me and let it drift down below the beltline, I’d have at least a hundred dollars. So this is a poetic irony of a high order.” He was in Pittsfield, MA as the allegations became public, where he canceled a scheduled performance. In 1994, on C-Span, Keillor said, "We should be careful, though, not to make the world so fine and good that you and I can't enjoy living in it. A world in which there is no sexual harassment at all is a world in which there will not be any flirtation."