Eric Massa's bizarre interview with Glenn Beck

The New York Democrat, accused of multiple ethics violations involving inappropriate behavior with male staffers, has said that he is not guilty of sexual harassment. But Tuesday night on Fox News's Glenn Beck Show he seemed to accept responsibility for his action. "Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe," he said. He added: "Then four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday. It was 'kill the old guy.' "

In another part of the interview, Massa seemed to accept responsibility. "I should have never allowed myself to be as familiar with my staff as I was... I own this misbehavior."

Massa also pulled back a bit from his criticism of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, but he continued to insist that Emanuel pressured him to leave office because of his opposition to health care reform. Massa told Beck that Emanuel approached him naked in the shower and put his finger in his chest to prod him on his vote.

"I was in my first two months," Massa told Beck. "I was in a battle about the budget, Rahm was angry with me. He poked his finger in my chest while we were in the shower...Not only did it happen, I will never forget it. Rahm Emanuel doesn't like me. I get it."

"Not since the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Psycho' has there been such a famous shower scene," wrote Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz on Wednesday.

Taking the shower metaphor to a new level, Kurtz continues:

The interview was so bizarre that even Beck had to admit that it was a waste of time at the end.

Watch part 1 of the interview below.

See part 2 of the interview below.