He thinks calling Kristen Welker 'Darling' makes it okay

[Coolgoober]

He treated her like shit and called her names and then says 'Thank you darling'. Like that makes it all okay or something. It's probably the same type of shit he pulled when he raped young girls. He's evil and disgusting.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Something a creepy old man would do. Yuck.

She should have said,
“I’m not your “darling,” asshole.

[wnylib]

13. Better yet, she could have said, "No problem, felon."

[Walleye]

2. That's just outright sexual harassment. He's a dirty old man. Getting dirtier

[RockCreek]

3. Darling can be used aggressively and in a demeaning way

He wouldn't try to sugarcoat what he was doing.
This is a textbook sample of the way such terms are used in aggressive ways every day.

[enough]

4. No he doesn't. He knows full well it's demeaning in that context.

That’s why he does it.

[chouchou]

5. I don't believe I've ever wanted an Aneurism for anybody....until reading this discussion.

There will be a happy day..

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. Oh, I've wanted it for some time now.

Just a little more every day.

[misanthrope]

6. it is plain ol' condescension

and passive-aggressive posturing. Like "bless your heart."

[IcyPeas]

7. No. He did it to be condescending. To piss her off.

[Ocelot II]

9. That makes it even worse.

[GenThePerservering]

10. It's like guys who keep calling their wife

'my dear wife' or 'the wife' - it's meant as a demeaning insult.

[Raine]

11. No, he said it in a sarcastic tone it was meant to be demeaning

a final "dig".

[wnylib]

12. Calling her "darling" was a put down, not an attempt to be nice to her.

It was condescending. She was there as a professional. He used an inappropriate term for the occasion. It's a term for people who know each other well in a personal context.