What Did Ken Dilanian See on His Phone That Caused Him to Release a String of Expletives While on MSNBC? [UPDATE]
Ken Dilanian appeared on MSNBC Live With Craig Melvin on Tuesday morning. As Melvin introduced Dilanian, the national security reporter looked at his phone and something appeared to rattle him. Badly. Dilanian's eyes dropped back to his phone as he said, "Sh-t" and then "f-ck." All Melvin could say was, "OK," as producers went back to him. The look on Melvin's face is just amazing.
Best thing I've seen all day and it's not even noon yet. #HotMic pic.twitter.com/wARCxAi9kN
— Joe Evans (@AsianJoeEvans) November 10, 2020
Us all. #ShitFuck @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/wb29wzTTFp
— John #Vote Ales* (@IAmJohnAles) November 10, 2020
?Anybody else just see that on @MSNBC — yikes. Hot mic catches @KenDilanianNBC getting passed to for breaking news says “oh shit... f#ck!” ? pic.twitter.com/Uf47fBx1fC
— Stephen Handwerk (@StephenHandwerk) November 10, 2020
Just complete shock and maybe worry considering Dilanian covers national security for NBC. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy you want reacting like that to a text -- or whatever was on his phone. It's kind of disconcerting.
Hopefully, Dilanian just realized he had forgotten his anniversary or to pick up the dry cleaning.
UPDATE: Dilanian released the following explanation for what happened here. It does not appear he forgot to pick up the dry cleaning.
So sorry for the profanity I used on air last hour. I was experiencing some technical difficulties and mistakenly hung up on the control room, though my mic still was on. Perils of playing producer, cameraman and tech support all at the same time from home. #2020 ?
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) November 10, 2020