WASHINGTON - Can men and women be friends? That's the question FOX 5's Allison Seymour and Wisdom Martin debated this week on the set of Good Day D.C.
Seymour posted the video to her Facebook with the caveat that she and Martin had been arguing this question for over eight years.
"Yes!" said Seymour. "They can!"
Martin said it was possible, but only under some specific circumstances.
"Alright, here's the deal," he said. "If they're on equal playing fields. Which means both people are married, or both people are single, that's fine. But if they're not on equal playing fields, no!"
Anchor Maureen Umeh also chimed in, agreeing with Wisdom that men who say they are friends with women are still "working an angle" and trying to make the friendship into something more
Can men and women be friends? With Wisdom Martin FOX 5 DC