Mika Brzezinski Absent From ‘Morning Joe’ Day After Slur Due To ‘Family Event’

attends the Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards at Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown on September 8, 2017 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 08: MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski present an award onstage during the Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards at Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown on September 8, 2017 in... NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 08: MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski present an award onstage during the Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards at Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown on September 8, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Daily Front Row) MORE LESS
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One day after she made a homophobic slur on the air, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski was missing from the “Morning Joe” set Thursday, though co-host Joe Scarborough said her absence was due to a “long-standing family event.”

On Wednesday, Brzezinski referred to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as “a wannabe dictator’s butt boy.”

Brzezinski later apologized on Twitter.

 

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  1. I’m cutting her some slack. She used a poor adjective, and apologized for it. Now, she needs to broaden her vocabulary to properly describe these creatures that inhabit the administration and repub party. I’m going with dog poop. And that’s insulting to my dog.

  2. The obvious problem is that such language detracts from the real issues, while providing her critics an easy way to show her points are irrelevant. Very unprofessional, to say the least.

  3. Brain fart but telling nonetheless. You can’t put these words together without saying something about yourself. Willie is mostly okay and they book pretty good guests but Mika And Joe are frankly the weak links.

  4. Mika, lighten up on Mike, he started his career as a Kansas Kochsucker, worked his way down to a Donny Lap Dancer!

  5. Don’t see the problem, it’s like saying whore, not a polite word but appropriate in context.

    She should do what I do, treat “Subhuman Whore” as a euphemism for REPUBLICAN.

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