Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski made known her stern disapproval of having to do a story Friday about the "handsome" mug shot that went viral this week:
Jeremy Meeks, 30, a felon, was arrested Wednesday on five weapons charges and one gang charge, according to Officer Joseph Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.
No previous arrest photo has garnered so much positive attention since the department set up the Facebook page in March 2012, Silva told The Associated Press.
"I'm going to file this next story under stories my producer is making me do that I don't agree with, but ok," she said. "Jen, can you explain why?"
He's good-looking, was the reply. Brzezinski pointed out for the audience that Jen was far more dramatic in her defense of going with the story on Way Too Early.
"Apparently, so good-looking that the Internet's going wild," Brzezinski said. "One woman actually wrote this: 'Momma, I'm in love with a criminal.' I swear."
Brzezinski's rivalry with Jen may have been inflamed in January when the producer was allowed to go to Sochi for the Winter Olympics while NBC left Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough at home.