Smith says he deserved criticism for making gross comments to one female colleague and pinching another on the bottom but some of the attacks on him by media figures were hypocritical.
Smith, who was sacked by 2GB and Sky News Australia after he outraged several women with his drunken behaviour after the TV network s Christmas party, has been thrown another lifeline.
An unidentified woman alleged Chris Smith exposed his genitals to her when she was finishing up her stint at Channel Nine s flagship show A Current Affair in 1998.