ABC News anchor David Muir is being roasted on social media for his “svelte” style while Los Angeles residents are losing their homes.
Muir, 53, used clothespins to pull his jacket tight while reporting on the wildfires in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
“As you can see here behind me,” Muir said, while turning away from the camera. The clothespins were clearly visible on the back of Muir’s ABC News-branded rain jacket.
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Social media users said the pins were fixed to show off the vain anchor’s chiseled upper torso.
“Nice jacket bro. Glad you look nice and svelte with those clothes line pegs, while our city burns to the ground,” television producer Jack Osbourne wrote on X (Twitter).
At least 5 people are dead and over 2,000 structures destroyed by the fast-moving fires in the Los Angeles area.
Muir was also mocked on his Instagram account, with one poster writing: “You’re so vain, you probably think this fire’s about you, don’t you,” a reference to Carly Simon’s classic hit song.
Another person wrote: “if you wanted a tailored look then go to a fashion show! So embarrassing.”
A third person wrote: “Does he pack clothes pins for fashion emergencies? Who the hell would have clothes pins on them in a burning inferno? Guy needs help.”
Clothespins were used in the olden days to keep wet laundry from blowing away on a clothesline outside. Clothespins were in widespread use before washing machines became affordable.
Muir’s fashion faux pas is being compared to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who stood in waist-high water during Hurricane Ike in Texas in 2008 — while his cameraman stood in water up to his ankles.
“The idea I am kneeling in water to make it look deep is idiotic,” Cooper said in his defense after the image went viral in 2018. Cooper’s flood image is one of the most popular memes in social media history.
