Watch Charlie Rose Respond To Allegations: 'It's Not Wrongdoings'

Longtime television journalist Charlie Rose on Tuesday addressed the sexual misconduct allegations made against him by eight women. While walking in New York, a paparazzi asked Rose about his "wrongdoings," which prompted the suspended CBS "This Morning" anchor to claim that his alleged actions weren't wrong.

"Mr. Rose...Do you wanna say anything to those accusers? The people that are accusing you of all these wrongdoings," the reporter asked.

Rose responded, saying: "It's not wrongdoings."

Rose, 75, came under fire Monday after the Washington Post reported he had made unwanted sexual advances to women who worked, or aspired to work, for him on his PBS interview show "Charlie Rose."

The allegations against Rose include harassing women with nudity, groping and inappropriate phone calls between 1990 to 2011. Rose first addressed his apparent behavior in a statement Monday that was published on Twitter.

"It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior," Rose said in a statement. "I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate."

"I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings, even though I now realize I was mistaken. I have learned a great deal as a result of these events, and I hope others will too," Rose added.

Three women revealed their identities in The Washington Post's report, including Kyle Godfrey-Ryan. Godfrey-Ryan was initially hesitant to reveal her identity, but she had a change of heart when she discovered other women's stories that detailed similar experiences with Rose to her own.

"Though many came before me, some women were attacked violently and repeatedly after the time I worked there," Godfrey-Ryan wrote Monday on Facebook. "These stories helped me reframe my perspective. I felt that by withholding my identity, I was de-legitimatizing the experiences of these other women."

"I couldn't be complicit in what silence meant for them, so I allowed my name to run with the story," Godfrey-Ryan added.

"CBS This Morning" covered Rose's suspension at the beginning of Tuesday's show. Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, who co-hosted the show with Rose, praised the women that came forward.

"I think we have to make this matter to women — the women that have spoken up, the women who have not spoken up because they're afraid," King said on the show. "I'm hoping that now they will take the step to speak out, too. This becomes a moment of truth."

"I've enjoyed a friendship and a partnership with Charlie for the past five years. I've held him in such high regard and I'm really struggling," King added.

O'Donnell asserted: "This will be investigated. This has to end. This behavior is wrong. Period."

CBS News fired Rose Tuesday, effective immediately, after investigating into his alleged misconduct. The organization claims "despite Charlie's important journalistic contribution to our news division, there is nothing more important...than ensuring a safe, professional workplace."

PBS and Bloomberg LP halted distribution of the "Charlie Rose" show moments after the exposé emerged.

Rose joined a list of media figures who have faced sexual misconduct allegations, which first ignited after the New York Times published an Oct. 5 exposé on movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Political analyst Mark Halperin was accused in late October of sexually harassing or assaulting four women while at ABC News. Also in October, the New York Times reported that Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly paid $32 million to settle a sexual harassment case.