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TJ Holmes and Amy Robach are defending David Muir after he obtained widespread backlash for using a clothespin on his flame-retardant jacket whereas reporting on the Los Angeles wildfires.
Holmes, 47, and Robach, 51, who beforehand labored with Muir at ABC, gave their perspective on the incident throughout the Friday, January 10 episode of their podcast, “Does This Make Me Look Fat?”
Muir, 51, got here beneath fireplace when viewers noticed the clothespin cinching his jacket throughout a dwell cross on Wednesday, January 8 and accused him of caring extra about how he appeared on TV than the pure catastrophe he was reporting on.
Holmes defended Muir towards that accusation, claiming the information anchor could not even have been conscious of the existence of the clothespins.
David Muir is dealing with backlash for tailoring his flame-retardant jacket. Followers are sad with ABC information anchor Muir, 51, after he seemingly used clothespins to grab his waist whereas reporting on the devastating Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday, January 8. As Muir rotated to take a look at the destruction behind him throughout a newscast, viewers […]
“The attitude could be lacking if you happen to’re simply studying tweets. The attitude could be lacking in that, typically occasions — and I don’t know if he does — journey with a producer or perhaps a wardrobe particular person whose job is — you could be your cellphone, getting the most recent, notes or doing one thing, and individuals are pulling and plugging issues onto you, the mic and the IFB [in-ear monitor] and all this stuff,” Holmes defined. “You don’t even know what’s taking place to you, and somebody may’ve made the choice of ‘Let me do that with the jacket.’ We don’t know.”
Holmes mentioned that regardless of using clothespins, he believed Muir is extremely hard-working.
He continued: “However just a bit context, the man works his butt off. You don’t like what he did, effective. It’s only a lot to be piling on.”
Nonetheless, Holmes conceded it did look dangerous for a TV journalist to be caught worrying about superficial points when reporting on an occasion the place people have lost their lives and homes.
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“The concept folks — even when the midst of a tragedy — about to anchor a fundamental night broadcast wouldn’t give a rattling about how they give the impression of being is simply unreasonable. Now to what diploma ought to they care is the difficulty and to what diploma ought to they arrive off like they’re caring is then a separate subject, however after all he has to care and take note of how he seems earlier than he goes on TV,” Holmes mentioned. “But when your own home was on fireplace and also you see a man over there with a mirror brushing his hair doing all this earlier than he goes on the air and stories about your tragedy, that’s going to piss you off.”
In the meantime, Robach admitted that when she was reporting from the street, she often made a concerted effort to not seem too “glamorous” because of this by preserving her hair and make up easy.
David Muir’s tailor-made wildfire ensemble was apparently short-lived. Muir, 51, headlined the Thursday, January 9, broadcast of World Information Tonight from Los Angeles, the place he reported on the continued wildfires devastating town. He wore a flame-retardant yellow jacket over a black T-shirt, leaving the coat unzipped and showing to omit the now-viral clothespin he […]
“I’ve taken nice care as a journalist to not appear as if I’m involved about how I look in that second,” she mentioned. “All of us look totally different on the scene of those kinds of tragedies than we do on the set. On the set, we’ve acquired hair and make-up and good fits and fitted clothes, however if you’re on the market, it’s only a very totally different atmosphere.”
Robach additionally defended Muir towards the heated backlash he’s been receiving and mentioned she doesn’t imagine he deserves it.
“I don’t assume he deserves the hate he’s getting… I don’t assume that’s truthful or acceptable in any method — and particularly from individuals who’ve by no means needed to be on tv daily the place your picture, your seems are consistently being critiqued or acknowledged so that you may need a hyper-awareness about that,” she mentioned.
Verify the LAFD website for native wildfire alerts and click here for assets on methods to assist these affected.
T.J. Holmes, Amy Robach and David Muir Getty Photographs (2)
TJ Holmes and Amy Robach are defending David Muir after he obtained widespread backlash for using a clothespin on his flame-retardant jacket whereas reporting on the Los Angeles wildfires.
Holmes, 47, and Robach, 51, who beforehand labored with Muir at ABC, gave their perspective on the incident throughout the Friday, January 10 episode of their podcast, “Does This Make Me Look Fat?”
Muir, 51, got here beneath fireplace when viewers noticed the clothespin cinching his jacket throughout a dwell cross on Wednesday, January 8 and accused him of caring extra about how he appeared on TV than the pure catastrophe he was reporting on.
Holmes defended Muir towards that accusation, claiming the information anchor could not even have been conscious of the existence of the clothespins.
David Muir is dealing with backlash for tailoring his flame-retardant jacket. Followers are sad with ABC information anchor Muir, 51, after he seemingly used clothespins to grab his waist whereas reporting on the devastating Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday, January 8. As Muir rotated to take a look at the destruction behind him throughout a newscast, viewers […]
“The attitude could be lacking if you happen to’re simply studying tweets. The attitude could be lacking in that, typically occasions — and I don’t know if he does — journey with a producer or perhaps a wardrobe particular person whose job is — you could be your cellphone, getting the most recent, notes or doing one thing, and individuals are pulling and plugging issues onto you, the mic and the IFB [in-ear monitor] and all this stuff,” Holmes defined. “You don’t even know what’s taking place to you, and somebody may’ve made the choice of ‘Let me do that with the jacket.’ We don’t know.”
Holmes mentioned that regardless of using clothespins, he believed Muir is extremely hard-working.
He continued: “However just a bit context, the man works his butt off. You don’t like what he did, effective. It’s only a lot to be piling on.”
Nonetheless, Holmes conceded it did look dangerous for a TV journalist to be caught worrying about superficial points when reporting on an occasion the place people have lost their lives and homes.
David Muir ABC
“The concept folks — even when the midst of a tragedy — about to anchor a fundamental night broadcast wouldn’t give a rattling about how they give the impression of being is simply unreasonable. Now to what diploma ought to they care is the difficulty and to what diploma ought to they arrive off like they’re caring is then a separate subject, however after all he has to care and take note of how he seems earlier than he goes on TV,” Holmes mentioned. “But when your own home was on fireplace and also you see a man over there with a mirror brushing his hair doing all this earlier than he goes on the air and stories about your tragedy, that’s going to piss you off.”
In the meantime, Robach admitted that when she was reporting from the street, she often made a concerted effort to not seem too “glamorous” because of this by preserving her hair and make up easy.
David Muir’s tailor-made wildfire ensemble was apparently short-lived. Muir, 51, headlined the Thursday, January 9, broadcast of World Information Tonight from Los Angeles, the place he reported on the continued wildfires devastating town. He wore a flame-retardant yellow jacket over a black T-shirt, leaving the coat unzipped and showing to omit the now-viral clothespin he […]
“I’ve taken nice care as a journalist to not appear as if I’m involved about how I look in that second,” she mentioned. “All of us look totally different on the scene of those kinds of tragedies than we do on the set. On the set, we’ve acquired hair and make-up and good fits and fitted clothes, however if you’re on the market, it’s only a very totally different atmosphere.”
Robach additionally defended Muir towards the heated backlash he’s been receiving and mentioned she doesn’t imagine he deserves it.
“I don’t assume he deserves the hate he’s getting… I don’t assume that’s truthful or acceptable in any method — and particularly from individuals who’ve by no means needed to be on tv daily the place your picture, your seems are consistently being critiqued or acknowledged so that you may need a hyper-awareness about that,” she mentioned.
Verify the LAFD website for native wildfire alerts and click here for assets on methods to assist these affected.
