Many things can go wrong in a live interview, but a tall, bald, scantily clad man walking through your house is not normally one of them.
Newsmax viewers were left confused Monday night when a mysterious, half-dressed man appeared behind political commentator Dick Morris midway through an interview about Trump’s victory in the Iowa caucus.
As Morris spoke to the camera, the man opened a door behind him – emerging from what appeared to be a large closet or garage – and walked out, without breaking stride.
The man seemed bewildered by the live interview taking place a few feet away and strolled behind the camera wearing only a tight white shirt and black underwear.
Neither the man, Dick Morris, nor the Newsmax hosts responded, and he was gone so quickly that some viewers wondered if they had imagined it all.
As commentator Dick Morris spoke to the camera, the man opened a door behind him – emerged from what appeared to be a large closet or garage – and walked out, without breaking stride.
Morris did not acknowledge the man’s presence, but did not seem surprised that he was there
Stunned, they took to social media to wonder who the man was and what he was doing in Morris’ home.
One posted on
Another said: ‘That was wild. I’m just watching Newsmax as Rob Schmitt interviews Dick Morris. A door opens behind Morris and a man walks past in his T-shirt and boxer shorts. Oh dear!!’
DailyMail.com contacted Morris to ask who the man is and what he was doing there, but he has yet to explain.
Just before the bald man walked in, Morris gave his thoughts on what a win in Iowa would mean for Trump, saying, “Well, I think Trump is going to have a huge victory.
“I think the media is going to downplay it because, as you rightly said….”
Then, without even looking back as the man walked past him, he finished, “…They’re actually supporting Nikki Haley.”
The camera then quickly panned back to all three men at Newsmax, none of whom acknowledged the incident.
A viewer then posted on X: ‘Unbelievable, this is only the third most embarrassing thing to happen to Dick Morris in his career.’
The show left its home soon after, but none of the hosts seemed to respond either
Host Rob Schmitt did not comment on the strange incident
Morris was Bill Clinton’s adviser until he was forced to resign in 1996
They were referring to Morris being forced to resign as an adviser to Bill Clinton in 1996 after his affair with a prostitute came to light.
Sherry Rowlands told the Star at the time she had had a long affair with Morris, during which he paid her $200 an hour to sleep with him.
It also emerged that he enjoyed ‘toe sucking’ and that he had had Rowlands read Clinton’s speeches before he delivered them publicly and even had him listen in on telephone conversations with the president.
Morris reportedly boasted to her that he was keeping “the leash” around the president’s neck.
In 1996, Rowlands recalled a phone call he made her listen to, saying, “Hillary answered the phone and she said the president was working out right now and she was going to catch him.”
“And when (Clinton) came back, he sounds really angry. . . and he said, “Look, Dick, I’d prefer if you didn’t use this phone anymore. You can understand that Hillary’s upset, my wife’s not doing well, you know, with all this Whitewater trial and all, She’s not doing well. You know the regular lines, don’t call the private home anymore.”
“And he was embarrassed and said, ‘I’m sorry, sir,’ and hung up.”
When the affair was made public, Morris was forced to resign and turned instead to political commentary.
He announced his resignation, he said: ‘Now I’m resigning so I won’t become the problem. I will not subject my wife, family or friends to the sadistic vitriol of yellow journalism. I will not dignify such journalism with an answer or an answer. I will never.’