Britt McHenry got into a heated confrontation with an unruly sports fan during Wednesday night\u2019s NBA game between the Washington Wizards and the Milwaukee Bucks, Page Six hears.<\/p>\n
A source close to the situation told us that McHenry, a former ESPN reporter and newly a press adviser to President Donald Trump, attended the matchup at the Capital One Arena in DC with a male friend. We hear the pals were seated in front of a group of guys who were \u201cgetting loud and obnoxious.\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019re told one of the guys began \u201checkling\u201d Bucks player Kyle Kuzma, who is engaged to model Winnie Harlow.<\/p>\n
Britt McHenry (pictured) got into a heated confrontation with an unruly sports fan during Wednesday night\u2019s NBA game between the Washington Wizards and the Milwaukee Bucks, Page Six hears.<\/p>\n
A source close to the situation told us President Trump\u2019s press adviser (pictured in May 2015) attended the matchup at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., with a male friend. Getty Images<\/p>\n
We\u2019re told the pals were seated in front of a group of guys who were \u201cgetting loud and obnoxious.\u201d (Pictured: McHenry.)<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were saying he plays terribly because his girlfriend\u2019s ugly,\u201d our source claimed, adding that the man said other \u201cterrible\u201d things about Harlow.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re told McHenry, 40, turned around and told the heckler to \u201cease up,\u201d but that only \u201cturned the attention toward her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The guy then allegedly began hurling \u201cmisogynistic\u201d comments toward the former Fox contributor and even \u201cthrew a drink on her,\u201d according to our source, who further claimed McHenry had been \u201cdrinking\u201d throughout the evening.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re told one of the guys began \u201checkling\u201d Bucks player Kyle Kuzma (pictured during Wednesday\u2019s game), who is engaged to model Winnie Harlow. Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were saying he plays terribly because his girlfriend\u2019s ugly,\u201d our source claimed, adding that the man said other \u201cterrible\u201d things about Harlow (pictured with Kuzma in May 2024). FilmMagic<\/p>\n
We\u2019re told the situation \u201cbecame very heated\u201d and that she allegedly \u201cresponded by throwing a drink\u201d at the man in question.<\/p>\n
The two were both escorted out of the arena, per our source, who noted that \u201ceveryone saw\u201d the commotion.<\/p>\n
Reps for McHenry and the Department of State declined to comment when reached by Page Six.<\/p>\n
Reps for the Capital One Arena, the Bucks and the Wizards did not immediately respond to our inquiries.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re told McHenry (pictured) turned around and told the heckler to \u201cease up,\u201d but that only \u201cturned the attention toward her.\u201d brittmchenry\/instagram<\/p>\n
The guy then allegedly began hurling \u201cmisogynistic\u201d comments toward the former ESPN reporter (pictured) and even \u201cthrew a drink on her,\u201d according to our source, who further claimed McHenry had been \u201cdrinking\u201d throughout the evening. The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n
McHenry was infamously suspended from ESPN in April 2015 after she was captured on video\u00a0lashing out at an employee of a towing company<\/a>\u00a0in DC, saying the staffer had \u201cno education\u201d or \u201cskill set.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo you feel good about your job? So I could be a college dropout and do the same thing? Why, \u2019cause I have a brain, and you don\u2019t?\u201d she ranted after her car had been towed.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe if I was missing some teeth, they would hire me, huh? \u2026 \u2018Cause I\u2019m on television, and you\u2019re in a f\u2013king trailer, honey.\u201d<\/p>\n Before storming out, she added, \u201cLose some weight, baby girl.\u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019re told the situation \u201cbecame very heated\u201d and that McHenry (pictured in August 2018) allegedly \u201cresponded by throwing a drink\u201d at the man in question. The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n The two were both escorted out of the arena, per our source, who noted that \u201ceveryone saw\u201d the commotion. (Pictured: McHenry in October 2016.) Getty Images<\/p>\n McHenry was fired from the company<\/a> two years later.<\/p>\n