You have to feel for those reporters who get thrown out into god awful weather, just to tell people on live TV to not go out in it.
You know, like the weather men who get sent out in the middle of hurricanes and try not to get swept away, pelted by debris, or you know, get struck by lightning.
Needless to say, there must be some massive reward these guys and girls get for suffering through this stuff for a few hours.
And for this sports reporter out in Iowa, he wanted nothing more than to not be out in the negative degree temperatures and freezing his arse off, just to tell people not to go outside, because they’ll freeze their arse off.
His name is Mark Woodley, and he gave one of the most legendary and brutally honest news segments I’ve heard in a hot minute.
He even shared the video to Twitter, unashamed to tell the world that he was PISSED they made a sports reporter go out and cover that nonsense.
Once he was asked by the news crew on set how he was doing out in the cold, he responded:
“Again, the same way I felt about eight minutes ago when you asked me that same question. I normally do sports, everything is cancelled here for the next couple of days, so what better time than to ask the sports guy to come in about five hours earlier than he normally would, go wake up and stand out in the wind and the snow and the cold, and tell other people not to do the same.”
He also hilariously said:
“I also didn’t realize that there was also a 3:30 in the morning until today.”
“Absolutely fantastic Ryan, I’m used to these evening shows that are only 30 minutes long, and generally on those shows I’m inside, so, this is a really long show, so tune in for the next couple of hours to watch me progressively get crankier and crankier.”
“How do I get that Storm Chaser 7 duty? I feel like Clint got the better end of that deal, you know, that thing’s heated, the outdoors currently is not heated.”
“Could I go back to my regular job? I’m pretty sure Ryan that you guys added an extra hour to this show just because somebody likes torturing me, because compared to 2.5 hours ago, it is just getting colder and colder and colder.”
I mean c’mon, you have to feel sorry for the guy. He signed up to read off high school sports scores, and they’re throwing him out into a blizzard?
Nevertheless, it’s absolutely hilarious:
