Anderson Cooper has stunned viewers in response to a Trump supporter on his CNN show.
President Trump surrogate Jeffrey Lord has appeared on his 60 Minutes show repeatedly over the past year – but this time they came to blows.
Lord was on the show to defend Trump after he reportedly called FBI ex-director James Comey a “nut job” in a White House meeting with Russia officials.
The Republican commentator was steadfast in his defence of the 45th president.
Lord went: “I don’t care what he says to the Russians. I mean, he’s the president of the United States,” Lord said.
“If he wants to say that, if Barack Obama wants to say whatever, if George Bush says I looked in his eyes…”
However, Cooper left the airwaves stunned with his response to the Trump supporter.
Cooper responded by saying: “If Trump took a dump on his desk you’d defend it”
While Lord appeared to see the funny side of the remark, the news anchor appeared to regret his comments swiftly.
He later apologised for the off-the-cuff remarks, writing: “I regret the crude sentence i spoke earlier tonight and followed it up by apologising on air.
“It was unprofessional. I am genuinely sorry.”
I regret the crude sentence i spoke earlier tonight and followed it up by apologizing on air. It was unprofessional. I am genuinely sorry.
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