Interesting:
Again, not excusing her rant, but given the slimeball tactics and reputation of the towing company, it isn’t surprising that they would release an edited, rearranged version of this video to present her in the worst possible light (yes she did enough herself, but they purposely made it look worse) and tried to make themselves and their employee look like the victim. To me its more of their same underhanded garbage and I seriously hope it backfires.
The arguements about the towing company are invalid. She abandoned her car over night. She deserved to have it towed.
http://nypost.com/2015/04/19/espn-rager-britt-mchenry-abandoned-car-in-lot-overnight/
She’s an ill-mannered boor. Whatever the malfeasance of the towing company, berating hourly wage workers about their weight, their teeth, and their stupidity when she got her job on the dubious basis of her physical assets (let’s face it, she’s not a champion athlete or razor-sharp analyst) shows a a remarkable lack of self-awareness. She may be a Medill graduate but if she didn’t physically resemble a pole-dancer, she wouldn’t be working where she is. She’s eye candy for the largely male viewers of ESPN. She goes on and on about her “education” and “skill set” but let’s be real, that’s not why she got her job. Diane Sawyer or Christiane Amanpour she ain’t.
OK so we know what’s coming next. They are going to dig deeper and find out why she left her car in the parking lot overnight. She went to happy hour at this Chinese “beer hall type” restaurant. Things should get interesting from here.
Resemble a pole dancer? That’s unnecessary, regardless of how boorish she may be.
She kind of does…
Shes pretty? Is that a problem? I personally find saying that an attractive female looks like a pole dancer kinda rude.
I watched the video again. I saw three cuts. I wonder what happened during them? And before it all started too. Just wondering…
@harvestmoon1 - I was thinking the same thing.
Leave it to the NY Post to find an overly made up photo. Do agree that if she left her car overnight in a lot with signs warning such would be towed, well, then it should have been towed. But that makes neither the other actions of that company nor her behavior acceptable.
I can’t stand the " Do you know who I am " mentality …I don’t care who anyone thinks they are or how that exempts them from basic courtesy.
On the plus side if she left the car because she was sloshed, that’s better than what many would have done. Still, after being told she was on camera, wouldn’t you think she’d have enough sense to shut up?
Just because the reporter is angry at a slimeball towing company that may or may not have given adequate notice for her towing risk, it does not give her license to make personal attacks about the clerk’s personal appearance and perceived education level. I mean, who DOES that? My DD better not! And I’m sure she wouldn’t. It is like the rules when you argue with someone: Getting angry with the towing company is fine, but taking it out on the self-controlled polite clerk who even told the reporter she was being recorded was not. The reporter is a public figure and her behavior reflects badly on ESPN.
Particularly from D-list celebrities where my honest answer is “no, I have absolutely no idea who you are.” As SomeMuchYoungerGal would attest, I watch way too much ESPN, and I still couldn’t pick McHenry out of a line-up.
She needs Uber - that solves 2 problems
@saintfan I love Uber!
It’s not because she’s pretty, per se. Lots of women are pretty but no one would ever think of comparing them to a pole dancer.
I personally have never knowingly actually seen a real stripper or pole dancer, so I don’t know what they look like IRL. But I do know that this young woman could easily be cast as one in the typical TV show/movie. And she chose her personal style.
So I don’t find the clerk’s retort about touching up her roots out of line, at least not after Britt let loose with the personal insults.
That said, I criticize her for her bad behavior, not for her style choices, although I don’t like them either.
ESPN should fire her. She is an arrogant and nasty person. If a person chooses to be a journalist, they are susceptible to criticism for their behavior in public. I found her attacks on the clerk highly offensive. Whether or not the clerk was rude is irrelevant. Perhaps the clerk should be fired too if she was personally insulting and rude too. I agree with the above post: I don’t like her style choices (very phony looking, IMO), but ESPN must have thought she would appeal to the viewers. Her words are UGLY and MEAN and I will turn off ESPN when she is on.
Consolation,
Are you relating the touching up roots comment to a pole dancer? I dont follow.
As I said, no surprise the NY Post’s selection of a photo of her was not the most kind, to say the least, but IMO, as a female, I would find it insulting to make that comparison to a pole dancer. Seems really degrading to me. Her behavior was disgraceful, but even so, not seeing the need to relate her to a pole dancer. JMO.
Perhaps it’s the pole dancer who should feel insulted.