White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has stepped forward to clarify the situation with a particular remark she recently made about Fox News’ White House correspondent Peter Doocy.
Earlier this week, when asked during the recording of an episode of the “Save the Pod” podcast, Psaki was asked whether Doocy "is a stupid son of a b*tch or does he just play one on TV", to which she replied: "He works for a network that provides people with questions that, nothing personal to any individual including Peter Doocy, but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a b*tch".
Addressing the matter in a tweet she posted on Friday, Psaki explained: “Full video shows I also told a story about Peter’s grace last night and made very clear I was not being critical of him or any reporter at Fox, and instead was critical of the slant of some Fox topics”.
“He is doing his job. I am doing mine”, she added. “We debate. We disagree. I respect that”.
Psaki’s tweet elicited praise from many members of her social media audience, with some netizens lauding her as an “excellent press secretary”.
There were also those, however, who suggested that “someone got told to apologize”, while one netizen quipped: “That's okay. You work for a White House where everyone sounds like a stupid son of a b*tch”.
In January, US President Joe Biden was caught on hot mic muttering "What a stupid son of a b*tch", right after Doocy asked him whether the POTUS thinks inflation "is a political liability ahead of the midterms".