ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir plunged the evening news program into controversy last week when viewers noticed he was using a clothespin to make his jacket look slimmer while reporting from the scene of the Southern California wildfires.
On X, people called Muir vain and narcissistic for seemingly caring about his appearance during coverage of a wide-reaching tragedy.
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