ABC Makes Decision On David Muir After Clothespins Fiasco

01/12/2025 09:27 AM

ABC News appears to have made a decision on longtime reporter and host David Muir following his Los Angeles wildfires outfit controversy this week.

Muir, 51, was caught using clothespins on a fire jacket while covering the natural disaster in Southern California this week. The longtime ABC News reporter was ripped for appearing to care about his physical appearance while reporting on the devastation in Los Angeles. 

"David Muir, the supposed moderator of my father's presidential debate, who instead chose to be a participant, is so vain that as people in Los Angeles are losing everything, he used clothes pins to make his fake fireman's jacket more form fitting. Sick!" Donald Trump Jr. posted on X.

Longtime Fox News and NBC News host Megyn Kelly ripped Muir for his "abject vanity."

ABC News insiders are reportedly "embarrassed" and "horrified" by the outfit scandal. However, it sounds like the network is choosing to back Muir - for now, anyway.

Muir was back on the air on Thursday, one day after his clothespins outfit controversy went viral. However, he was sporting a different look on the air.

The clothespins were gone.

The New York Post had more: 

The host of "World News Tonight with David Muir" kicked off Thursday night's show with his flame-retardant jacket completely unzipped as he broadcast from the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

At one point during the show, Muir even opted to ditch the jacket altogether and as he walked the burnt-out streets wearing a black fitted sweatshirt.

ABC's David Muir back on the air in noticeably looser jacket after he was ripped for 'narcissistic' clamps https://t.co/I7sdJGuP5npic.twitter.com/seU9UgN6Qd

— New York Post (@nypost) January 10, 2025

Muir was ripped on social media for his clothespins scandal, with many calling him "narcissistic" and "shallow."

"Nice Jacket Bro. Glad you look nice and svelte with those clothes line pegs, while our city burns to the ground," one user wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

It's common on TV to do whatever you can to make your clothes look best, but when you're covering a disaster like the Los Angeles wildfires, maybe leave the clothespins at home.

It'll be interesting to see if Muir chooses to address his clothespins controversy moving forward.

Meanwhile, our thoughts remain with everyone in California during this scary time.