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Was This Ex-Fox News Anchor Benched for Accusing Trump?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/was-this-ex-fox-news-anchor-courtney-friel-benched-for-accusing-trump
Courtney Friel appeared in none of her regularly scheduled KTLA anchoring slots the weekend after publicly accusing the president of making a pass at her.
Molly Jong-Fast
Published Jan. 09, 2020 4:56AM ET
Last Friday, KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel gave a revealing interview with the New York Daily News. The next day, Friel wasn’t in the anchor chair at her regularly scheduled 5 p.m. slot, nor was she in it at 6 p.m., nor was she in it at 10 p.m., nor was she in the chair at 11 p.m. And on Sunday, she again was not in the anchor chair at 5, 6, 7, 10 or 11 p.m.
No, the Los Angeles local TV anchor has been sent on “vacation” after telling the Daily News—in promotion of her new book Tonight at 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News—that President Donald Trump once phoned her and called her “the hottest one at Fox News” and then allegedly said: “You should come up to my office sometime, so we can kiss.”
Why would KTLA remove a popular anchor one day after she revealed that the President of the United States made a sexual overture towards her? Friel wasn’t planning to go on vacation until the following Monday, but KTLA seemingly disappeared her right after the Daily News interview published, causing observers to question such an unannounced break.
KTLA did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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Courtney Friel appeared in none of her regularly scheduled KTLA anchoring slots the weekend after publicly accusing the president of making a pass at her.
Molly Jong-Fast
Published Jan. 09, 2020 4:56AM ET
Last Friday, KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel gave a revealing interview with the New York Daily News. The next day, Friel wasn’t in the anchor chair at her regularly scheduled 5 p.m. slot, nor was she in it at 6 p.m., nor was she in it at 10 p.m., nor was she in the chair at 11 p.m. And on Sunday, she again was not in the anchor chair at 5, 6, 7, 10 or 11 p.m.
No, the Los Angeles local TV anchor has been sent on “vacation” after telling the Daily News—in promotion of her new book Tonight at 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News—that President Donald Trump once phoned her and called her “the hottest one at Fox News” and then allegedly said: “You should come up to my office sometime, so we can kiss.”
Why would KTLA remove a popular anchor one day after she revealed that the President of the United States made a sexual overture towards her? Friel wasn’t planning to go on vacation until the following Monday, but KTLA seemingly disappeared her right after the Daily News interview published, causing observers to question such an unannounced break.
KTLA did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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If sidelined for her accusations, it's a helluva a move for KTLA in the #MeToo age.
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She's not a Slovenian sex worker like he married and she's not a porn star.
I don't believe it.