Leave it to David Muir to act out in typical liberal fashion to overshadow the raging fires in Los Angeles. He took a controversial trip into the field, which has set off his “horrified” coworkers at ABC News. They have even gone as far to call him an “egomaniac.”
So why are they so worked up? According to reports, Muir is “less focused on empathizing with the victims of tragedies he covers and more interested in ensuring he always has the proper lighting rig, makeup team, and outfit coordination to fit the moment.” So when he decided to “don a yellow fireman’s jacket and head into the ashes of Palisades,” they knew it was only a publicity stunt.
This make up wearing mofo used clothes pins to pull in the fire jacket he’s wearing as a prop, so he would look snacky for TV.
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 9, 2025
Turning partially away from the camera, Muir gestured to some of the devastation behind him during a live shot, revealing a wooden clothespin holding his oversized jacket in place to ensure he kept cutting a trim figure for his viewers. The stunt wasn’t surprising to those who work with Muir and spoke out anonymously, caricaturing the 51-year-old as a cross between Ben Stiller’s Zoolander and Will Ferrell’s Ron Burgundy, the eccentric 70s lead character from the comedy series “Anchorman.”
If you care about how your waistline looks while people’s entire lives are ablaze right next to you, you’re an absolute douchebag.
Don’t be like @DavidMuir. pic.twitter.com/uFC1qe9pgU
— CatTheGreat (@CatTheGreat_) January 9, 2025
Wearing a clothespin to maintain his svelte hero’s look was a “narcissistic” but par-for-the-course move by Muir. One ABC insider, furious to see Muir’s Instagram feed filled with tight black t-shirts while he’s out on assignment, snarked, “It’s pathetic. All flexed muscles and posing. He’s actually Zoolander meets Anchorman. He forgets he is the face of ABC News, not Abercrombie & Fitch!” Another claimed that it was unprecedented to alter an ABC News jacket to appear like a firefighter’s uniform, saying they had “never” seen a correspondent try so hard to “match the first responders.” One of the same sources slammed Muir for “trying to look ‘hot’ during a fire” which has so far killed at least 10 and destroyed over 34,000 homes, buildings, and other structures across Palisades, Eaton, and other parts of greater LA. News coverage “shouldn’t be about vanity, it should be about people losing their homes,” the source said to the Daily Mail.
Nothing about David Muir is real…
What kind of a tool uses a clothespin to keep his jacket tight on his body…
— kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) January 9, 2025
“Here’s an anchor standing in the middle of horrific wildfires where people have lost everything,” an ABC spokesperson told Page Six. “David is solely focused on the people who are suffering and the heroic efforts of the firefighters — and that’s what everyone should be focused on.”