Renowned ABC News reporter David Muir was mocked online after eagle-eyed viewers noticed he was using wooden clamps to tighten his fire jacket while broadcasting from the site of the deadly Los Angeles fires.
Muir was in Pacific Palisades, pointing at the debris behind him during a hit, when he turned around, revealing the fashion faux pas.
“As you can see here behind me,” he said, as the clamps could be seen on the back of his jacket.
The clamps appeared to tighten Muir’s ill-fitting ABC News jacket in a way that revealed his chiseled torso.
‘Nice jacket brother. “I’m glad you’re looking pretty and trim with those clothespins while our city burns to the ground,” wrote television producer Jack Osbourne.
Others also chimed in, calling Muir “pathetic” and “narcissistic.”
“He’s a fraud through and through,” added journalist Paul V Rea, calling the host of World News Tonight with David Muir “basically a hair model reading a script.”
Another commented: ‘@DavidMuir just when your reputation hasn’t gotten bad enough.’
Eagle-eyed ABC News viewers noticed that David Muir made a fashion faux pas while reporting on the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Using darts to tighten ill-fitting clothing is a standard TV-style maneuver when more traditional tailoring is not available.
Using clothespins to hold up ill-fitting clothing is a standard TV style maneuver when more traditional tailoring is not available. according to the New York Post.
Still, Muir’s use of the peg was jarring in the face of the destroyed buildings, as thousands of people were left with nothing but ashes throughout the City of Angels.
The true extent of the loss is unknown, as the Sunset Fire will wreak havoc on the city’s epicenter, causing the famous strip, home of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the TLC Chinese Theater and the Hollywood Bowl, to be destroyed. evacuated.
It also occurs in the middle of a ongoing feud between Muir and ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.
The two journalists are known to have tension and, as a result, they are now rarely seen together on screen, as Oliver Darcy revealed in a Christmas edition of the Status newsletter.
“There has certainly been historic tension, to put it lightly, between the two presenters,” Darcy wrote in response to a question about the dynamic between Muir and Stephanopoulos.
‘This has resulted in headaches for chain bosses. But viewers may notice that, for the past few years, Stephanopoulos has been absent during special coverage focused on politics, such as Election Night. Those tasks now fall squarely to David Muir.
The two news anchors have reportedly had a professional rivalry for years, which expanded when Joe Biden’s advisers tapped Stephanopoulos to conduct the president’s first interview following his disastrous debate performance.
The incident comes amid an ongoing dispute between Muir and ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Many online called Muir ‘pathetic’ and ‘narcissistic’ for her use of the tweezers.
The US Sun He also reported in September that when the hosts moved into a new studio in New York City, Stephanopoulos “wanted a dressing room as big as rival David Muir’s space.”
“George has been keen to make sure he gets whatever David Muir gets,” the source told the outlet.
“He’s been asking people on his team to find out what David is getting to make sure his is comparable.”