On Wednesday, a video of MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell completely losing his sh*t found its way to the internet. The 8-minute video shows O’Donnell flipping out on his crew, hurling obscenities and acting like a crazy person. I’m talking FULL BLOWN MELTDOWN.
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“STOP THE HAMMERING UP THERE. WHO’S GOT A HAMMER? WHERE IS IT? WHERE’S THE HAMMER?”
I understand getting frustrated. I understanding having a bad day, but there’s absolutely no reason to treat your crew like complete crap. Grow some humility.
I’ve been dying for O’Donnell’s response, and– oh yes. He issued one.
A better anchorman and a better person would’ve had a better reaction to technical difficulties. I’m sorry.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) September 20, 2017
It looks like he’s owning up, so I’ll give him props for that. But then again, what else was he going to say? He looks awful in these clips. There’s no room to spin. He was acting like an overgrown toddler. He had no choice but to admit it. I’m just hoping he means it.