A lawyer appearing on CNN on Friday suddenly snapped in the middle of a segment "why are you subjecting me to this" and blasted the network and its viewers afterward in a series of tweets.
Elizabeth Beck is a lawyer who made headlines in 2015 when she said that Donald Trump screamed she was disgusting for requesting a break from a 2011 deposition to pump breast milk.
She appeared on Brooke Baldwin's afternoon CNN program on Friday to discuss the latest in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, but she was visibly annoyed and confused the entire time she was on-screen with her fellow guests Michael Zeldin and Walter Shaub.
Baldwin asked Zeldin and Shaub questions about the probe, and Beck, with her eyes constantly darting around, loudly interjected, "Why are you subjecting me to this?"
Baldwin was startled, saying, "Sorry?" Shaub smiled and said he had just heard a voice in his earpiece.
"Whose voice was that? Was that you, Elizabeth?" Baldwin asked, before directing Shaub to continue.
Beck did not reappear in the segment, and Shaub tweeted afterward he found the moment funny. But the strangeness did not end there.
So there I am on CNN a few minutes ago answering the second question on the show when I hear someone scream, "WHY ARE YOU SUBJECTING ME TO THIS?" I may die of dehydration if the tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard don't subside soon. 😂 pic.twitter.com/7vN3kF9jeR
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 26, 2018
Beck proceeded to go on an extended Twitter rant about CNN and its viewers afterward.
"It was a panel interview. I don't do well in panels with idiots who get to talk first. I TOLD them I don't do well in panels," she wrote.
It was a panel interview. I don't do well in panels with idiots who get to talk first. I TOLD them I don't do well in panels.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
She also tweeted a nearly eight-minute video complaining about her treatment by CNN and the presence of Zeldin and Shaub on the panel.
The attorney responded to social media users who noticed her outburst by saying she did not have a "meltdown" and was just "very irritated." She also said her fellow guests were "talking out of their rear" during the segment.
At one point, Beck appeared to read a Twitter comment directed at her and said, "Oh, shut up. This is my personal Twitter. I can talk out of my ass."
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
She also snapped that CNN's tech people should have muted her microphone, hence her hot mic moment when she suddenly yelled out in frustration, and that "they booted me off."
Beck added that she had expressed anger in the past with CNN for not giving adequate coverage to the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).
In addition to her video rant, Beck fired off a series of tweets attacking CNN's viewers for the network's coverage and wondering why "are all these black ppl angry at me all of a sudden."
They had some government ethics guy on. Wtf? He should be investigated for being crappy at his job!
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
And Mueller's assistant? Yes, he is absolutely unbiased. Riiiiiight.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
What a joke. Then the tech guys booted me off. They should have muted me until it was my turn.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Course, they don't tell me ANYTHING. "we want to interview you about Trump, please tell America." Ok. I'm sitting there, it's a panel???
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
A panel of morons! Why would I join that???
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Second @Cnn Interview at 3 pm abruptly cancelled. I guess they talked. Gave some BS excuse about technical difficulties with Miami bureau.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Anyone who watches @CNN needs psychological help. That's rich! https://t.co/3MmMHlGhvU
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Dafuq ppl think lawyers behave "in public"? You just behave in court. Outside, don't break laws. Ppl have their priorities screwed up. https://t.co/fL8Z4kG0Uw
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Why are all these black ppl angry at me all of a sudden.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Holy shit! The @CNN trolls are exploding on Twitter.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
I don't even watch CNN. I don't have cable. https://t.co/qt1tDtKbvh
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Look at these braindead @Cnn viewers. It's like CNN is God. CNN is propaganda. You don't get the whole story from them.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Why is CNN not investigating what happened in Vegas, mass shooting? Why are their journalists not ALL over that? We still don't have answers
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
CNN: what about Uranium One? What about the human trafficking? Dr. Phil did a show on it. Why not? There are so many concerning events.
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
Beck then wrote that CNN "gleefully got the whole country traumatized" during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, adding, "Why no follow up? Building 7? Why not @cnn???"
CNN gleefully got the whole country traumatized when the Twin Towers fell. Ppl jumping off. Why no follow up? Building 7? Why not @cnn???
— The Cranky Lawyer 😠 (@eleebeck) January 26, 2018
It is unclear what Beck wanted CNN to follow up on.