While reporting in Ottawa Wednesday on the parliament shootings, Anderson Cooper was asked by a local reporter for a photo. And the CNN host was not having it.
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“No, I will not take a photo with you on a day where somebody was killed,” Cooper angrily told Sun News contributor Vandon Gene. “It seems wildly innapropriate.”
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Gene then took to Twitter to take on the CNN star. He’s since pulled all his tweets, but here’s what he said:
.@andersoncooper EXPLOITS #OttawaShooting by flying to #Ottawa, but has decency to critizize me asking for a photo?
@andersoncooper I can’t believe CNN would employ you when you SWEAR to your fans. I covered this story properly. Check my tweets…
@andersoncooper I simply asked for a photo. YOU are exploiting this tragedy by flying to Ottawa from NYC. I just got out of a 12 hr lockdown.
Amazingly, Cooper responded:
.@vandongene dude, you were rude and asking for a selfie near where a soldier was killed. It was completely inappropriate. Think about it
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) October 23, 2014
.@vandongene I can’t believe any station employs you, and if you want to be a journalist, learn how to behave when covering a story
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) October 23, 2014
Gene walked back his comments Thursday.
I unreservedly apologize for my actions yesterday. It was completely inappropriate, disrespectful, and distasteful.
— Vandon Gene (@vandongene) October 23, 2014
The whole things screams: O Canada.
