Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski enjoys describing her MSNBC political talk show as "popping popcorn with the top off," a new Washington Free Beacon analysis finds.
It appears to be a catch-all phrase for when discussion on the program goes off the rails and one she has been using periodically since at least 2011. A request for further explanation of its meaning after Brzezinski again used this phrase July 24 was not returned.
After a Free Beacon montage in 2013 of host Joe Scarborough continually cutting off or ignoring Brzezinski, which Morning Joe aired in a humorous segment, the two did a separate, online interview explaining why he interrupts, citing pacing concerns.
"It's sort of like popping popcorn without the top on," Brzezinski said. "That's our show."
"There you go," he said. "Did you just come up with that right now?"
"I did," she said, smiling.
"That's very good," he said.