Mika Brzensiski shuts down Michael Wolff interview during spat over Nikki Haley rumors
Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” shut down an on-air interview Thursday with “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff after he denied previously suggesting that President Donald Trump had an affair with U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
“I’m going to go as far as to say, you might be having a fun time playing a little game dancing around this, but you’re slurring a woman,” Brzezinski told Wolff before abruptly ending the interview. “It’s disgraceful.”
Rumors about Haley and Trump swirled after Wolff hinted last month on an episode of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” that he was “absolutely sure” the president was having an affair. He said people should be able deduce who Trump was romantically involved with from a specific paragraph in “Fire and Fury.”
Wolff’s comments sent the internet ablaze, with readers pointing to the line: “The president had been spending a notable amount of private time with Haley on Air Force One and was seen to be grooming her for a national political future.”
Wolff denied that he instigated the rumors during his appearance Thursday on “Morning Joe.”
“I didn’t go after her,” he said.
After Thursday’s interview, Wolff tweeted, “My bad, the President is right about Mika.”
Trump has infamously attacked the MSNBC co-host. In June, he referred to her as “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” in one tweet, and said he had seen her “bleeding badly from a face-lift” in another.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
