Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Smear Campaign on David Muir?


Does the "World News Tonight" anchorman's sexuality play into this gossip item?

The Daily News reports:
Insiders at ABC are partly blaming the ratings decline for “World News Tonight With David Muir” on the anchor’s makeup, with one insider telling Confidenti@l he “looks like an Oompa Loopa” on air. “David insisted on doing his own makeup for years before he got the big job at ‘World News,’ and old habits die hard,” said our source. “David likes to do [his foundation] himself and needs to be told that you can be too orange. His color is off.” Muir has gone through two makeup artists at the network since he got the top job, but still insists on doing his own final touches after the professional is finished. “He’s been told that he cannot touch his face anymore, but he can’t help himself,” says our source. “He’s been told that he has to let the makeup people do their job. He isn’t allowed to do his own anymore,” adds the source. Muir’s newscast has been clobbered in the ratings by Lester Holt, who took over NBC’s “Nightly News” after the Brian Williams debacle, but ABC bosses have focused on Muir’s appearance instead. “They don’t know how to fix the problem, so they’ve become obsessed with (Muir’s) makeup,” says our source.
And all this time I thought we were supposed to be good at that kind of thing.


It was only last week Muir was being called "Anchor Monster" by anonymous peers. Anyone know if she's as villainous as she's being made out to be?

12 comments:

Hot Studs said...

Tell me all of this is just a joke.

Anonymous said...

straight people don't realize that all gay men do their own makeup? we have for hundreds of years, and change can be difficult. :eyeroll:

i've watched muir a couple of times, and have never noticed any issue with his appearance, other than he's cute. i don't watch him because i can't stand abc news.


Jesus H. Christ said...

Let he among us who HASN'T insisted on doing his own make-up cast the first feather boa!

James said...

So, this is starting to sound like when NBC was getting ready to push out David Gregory off of Meet the Press. First, they note the ratings are not where they should be. Then, there is "diva" behavior to be gossiped about. Now, it's image problems. I hope Muir isn't out of a job by the end of the year.

Henry Holland said...

Some friends and I were watching Sunday night football on NBC and after the game Bob Costas (who is 63) did a recap. He looks like a mannequin he's had so much work done on his face. We noticed that he had no wrinkles on his forehead, his lips and eyes look "off" etc.

I get it, men get work done now, but it just looks creepy.

Media Watcher said...

Maybe they aren't getting the ratings because the show is so jingoistic. That's why I stopped watching. I'd be looking at his editorial choices if I were his boss.

Mark, née Fuzz said...

And yet the orange-er you are, the higher you poll among Republican presidential candidates.

Jean-Louis Sebagh said...

I think he a very good anchor, but all "talent" as they are called in the biz have their own levels of diva behavior. If he is obsessive about his makeup it is probably because he is insecure about his skin. It may come off as being a diva when actually it's insecurity. Some of the best looking men I have known have had the lowest self esteem and body dysmorphia.

Ymir said...

I think the make-up person is a gay. He (the gay make-up dude) is throwing a fit cuz he can't get his way with David. But wait a minute, seems a good 95% of the guys at abc news are gay. So, maybe some heavy gay-divas are at odds.

Chris said...

David Muir is extremely sunburned all the time even in the dead of winter. It's hard to cover up that layers of caked-on sunburn with powder without looking weird. He goes to beachfront Miami whore joints every weekend or so. Are those young hookers (or boy-toys) out to get him skin cancer and then con him out of all his money or something? It's crazy how regularly red he returns from the weekends. I've seen no anchor do that. His skin looks thrashed when the burn wears off. But he keeps getting burned. I fear he'll get skin cancer or some fatal std.

Demure One said...

David Muir is living with his boyfriend. You can see them wearing each other's clothes. One day David will wear the suit, jacket, shirt, tie, etc, then another day, you can see his "housemate" wear the same suit, jacket, etc. They are similar height and build so they can even wear each other's pants. They hang out together with their gay friends.

Louisdisoto said...

Leave my David alone he's a good boy