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This is Britt McHenry. She’s an ESPN reporter, although if you told me she moonlighted as a Fox News Blonde-Bot, I would believe you. She has that look, like she’s Megyn Kelly’s little sister or something. Anyway, Britt McHenry is in some hot water. She was having dinner in Arlington, Virginia and she apparently was parked in a tow-area. So her car got towed. So she had to go to the tow place to get her car, and she ended up berating the female tow truck operator or the woman who runs this particular tow place. That’s never happened to me – my car has never been towed. I can imagine it’s crazy, infuriating, and that I would bitch out anyone and anything as well. But I can’t say that I would go full-throttle DIVA like Britt McHenry.

Here’s some of the video. NSFW for language, but the whole thing is transcribed on the screen too.

My take, and I realize this won’t be a popular opinion: if you want to call this tow truck employee “shady” or yell about how your car should have never been towed, I think that’s fair game. Like, if you have a legitimate gripe, say it. Bitch about it. But Britt went WAY too far, talking about this woman’s weight (“Lose some weight, baby girl”), education (“So I could be a college dropout and do the same thing?”) and even pulling the don’t-you-know-who-I-am card (“I’m in the news, sweetheart, I will f–king sue this place”)

What ended up happening is that ESPN suspended Britt for a week. She also made a public apology on her Twitter:

In an intense and stressful moment, I allowed my emotions to get the best of me and said some insulting and regrettable things. As frustrated as I was, I should always choose to be respectful and take the high road. I am so sorry for my actions and will learn from this mistake.

[From Britt’s Twitter]

So messy, girl. But I have mixed feelings about ESPN suspending her. Seriously. She didn’t commit a CRIME, she was just a total bitch to someone and she got “caught”. She wasn’t even at work!

Photos courtesy of ESPN, Britt’s social media.
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