Laura Ingraham became the laughing stock of Twitter this week after she got into a screaming match with a guest over the Netflix show You, which she mistakenly thought was about her.
Ingraham was bitching with her buddy Raymond Arroyo about how scripted TV shows cater too much to leftwing viewers, particularly around topics like vaccines and COVID-19, when the apparent miscommunication happened.
Watch.
HAHAHAHAHAHA Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle had a SNL skit night on her show. You can make this shit up pic.twitter.com/RNfyXC4FJu
— Plinio Magaña León ??????? (@PlinioMx) November 16, 2021
Now, her camp is trying to say the whole thing was staged.
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After the clip went viral, Arroyo took to Twitter to tell everyone, “Trust me, it was totally intentional!”
Trust me, it was totally intentional! ? https://t.co/IqhPQJOTgU
— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 16, 2021
He followed that up with another tweet, saying, “My favorite part was that only regular viewers realized it was totally scripted.”
I thought so too!!? My favorite part was that only regular viewers realized it was totally scripted. #YousOnFirst. @IngrahamAngle https://t.co/JMXnAHzv5M
— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 16, 2021
Of course, everyone knows the first rule of comedy is that if you have to explain something is a gag then clearly it didn’t land.
Also, while many consider her to be a joke, Ingraham isn’t known for being humorous or for doing comedy bits on her show, leaving many to doubt Arroyo’s “It was intentional LOLOLOL!” claim.
Here are some of the responses…
It was obviously not intentional and trying to say that it was makes it worse.
— Gramdog (@Gramdog1) November 16, 2021
Can’t believe you’re trying to say it was intentional, both definitely not that good at acting 😂😂 embrace it, it was Hilarious #you
— Dan Howett (@dan_howett) November 17, 2021
I don’t believe you. If it was intentional you were assuming your audience watches “You”, knows the measles part of the plot, AND knows the Abbott & Costello routine. That’s a small subset of your audience.
— Mother of Fire-Breathing Cats (@SiberiaCat3) November 16, 2021
Lying is a sin Raymond.
— Beer Baron (@AdriftInSLC) November 16, 2021
Wait, it was intentional to make the show host look like an idiot? Interesting play
— yellow sharpie (@yellowsharpie37) November 17, 2021
When asked for clarification, Fox News spokesperson Carly Shanahan referred media to Arroyo’s tweet.
As for Ingraham, she isn’t commenting on the matter (we can’t help but wonder why???) and is instead relying on others to come to her defense, like former Fox News anchor/failed morning show host Megyn Kelly, who called anyone taking the moment seriously a “dope”:
.@IngrahamAngle is so much smarter than – well, most people – but definitely than these dopes who apparently don’t realize she is doing a bit that is a take on the most famous bit of all time. https://t.co/OrGwyHuvgR
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) November 16, 2021
And anti-Muslim activist Brigitte Gabriel who declared her an “American patriot”:
Laura Ingraham is an American patriot.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) November 16, 2021
Meanwhile, here’s what others are saying…
Laura Ingraham is the Lauren Boebert of Ann Coulters.
— Renee Libby ?? (@ReneeAlida) November 16, 2021
Just read an article describing Laura Ingraham as “host and Big Bird skeptic” which is, I think, as accurate a characterization as is gets.
— Allison Floyd (@AllisonRFloyd) November 16, 2021
Y'all if you ever thought the folks over at Fox News couldn't get any dumber, Laura Ingraham just said hold my beer. #YouNetflix #Netflix #FoxNews pic.twitter.com/8oLiCbb51b
— Nicolette NuVogue (@NikkiNuVogue) November 16, 2021
Laura Ingraham is so fucking dumb that she almost makes Tucker Carlson seem smart.
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) November 16, 2021
Nikki Manaj’s cousin’s friend’s balls are smarter than Laura Ingraham.
— ???? (@antifaoperative) November 16, 2021
Dear Laura Ingraham,
Guess who is not all that bright?Y-O-U!
— Brian O'Sullivan (@osullivanauthor) November 16, 2021
Laura Ingraham's producer: So what if Abbott & Costello, but hateful and trying to kill people?
Laura: pic.twitter.com/HrAJ1WSZcM— National Security Counselors (@NatlSecCnslrs) November 16, 2021
If stupid were magnetic, Laura Ingraham wouldn't be able to walk past a refrigerator without sticking to the door.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) November 16, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Kangol2
Laura Ignorant made even more of a fool of herself than usual. Can’t explain that away with lies!
jayceecook
Can’t stand Ingraham but it was obviously scripted. It felt so fake and forced. The idiot she was “interviewing” would even stop speaking to let her “interrupt” him. Still, people can’t seem to keep her name out of their virtual mouths so kudos for that. I guess.
Creamsicle
It’s a mediocre bit and she’s a terrible performer. She just comes off dumb and he comes off like a hack.
Hank31
I finally got a chance to see that clip and yes, it’s obviously a scripted bit, an homage to Abbott and Costello. “Who’s On First” is a legendary skit, but it can never take place in real life because IRL the instant the confusion becomes apparent, a person has many ways of clearing it it up. You can see in that Ingraham clip that Arroyo goes out of his way to sustain the “confusion” which makes it obviously fake and inferior to A&C.
cuteguy
I’m surprised they didn’t claim that Jan 6 was “staged”
Max
either way, she looked like an idiot.
TheMarc
Agreed.
TheMarc
I believe it. Fox News is desperate to make the creatures it employs seem human. And they’re certainly not above faking news, so why would they even flinch to fake a nonsense segment on a nonsense program. But I agree with Max. Staged or not, still pretty stupid.
DennisMpls
I have no doubt it was totally scripted. Throughout the years I have made a point to check out Fox periodically to see what they’re doing. (Though I just couldn’t watch Hannity even for a minute or two.) FWIW, both Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have become far worse and far more unwatchable over the past couple of years.
Anyway, Raymond Arroyo is a VERY good friend of Laura’s, and appears almost every night, as far as I can tell from my intermittent watching. (I’ve totally bailed on the entire nighttime lineup over the past year.) This “bit” is right up his alley. Less so Laura’s. But Arroyo would never interact with her the way he did in this bit if it weren’t indeed just a bit. An Abbott and Costello homage would be right up his alley.
Openminded
It sure looks staged to me. It sure looks like poor delivery to me. Either way, it doesn’t really matter to me. If queerty hadn’t posted the clip, I would have never seen it.