Whoops! Joe Scarborough Caught Eating In Opening Of "Race For The White House"

You can take him out of his trademark pullover and dress him up in a shirt and tie, but you can't take the casual morning feel out of "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough. In the opening segment of the premiere of "Race for the White House" — David Gregory's new show and the canceled Tucker Carlson's replacement in the 6 p.m. time slot — Joe tried to sneak a bite while Rachel Maddow spoke — and he got caught.

It was a Starbucks Espresso Brownie, Joe tells HuffPost, and says, "Now I eat during commercials."

Listen to the rustling of the packaging during the first ten seconds below, and check out Joe's face when he realizes he's been caught:

Cookie? Donut?

From MSNBC, 3/17

Comments

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

Joe Scarborough is a pig. He is the rudest deuce on cable. I don't understand why cretins are given their own platform. Tucker's finally been canned for being a whiny twat and hopefully Joe will be the next in line.

[DMHendrix]

Is it just me or does Joe Scarborough look lke he jumped off the pages of the Dilbert cartoon? I just can't take the guy seriously.

[hydenorhare]

More like the banjo kid on the bridge in "Deliverance".

[oracle99]

Too True ans so.....funny!

[JackW]

Not as bad as Matthews or Olderman though. They're just Obama lovers and make no attempts to show any fairness in their opinions at all, so they shouldn't complain about O'reilly, H&C or others. Keith O...today's worst person in the world!!!

[PaleMail]

MSNBC should can the pompous and overstuffed Scarborough along with his bobblehead side-kick Mikka.

[WriterRoss]

Tucker has been reduced to a third of a split screen on HARDBALL. Stuck between Margaret Carlson and a strategist. Oh how the MIghty in His Own Head have fallen!

[YA]

Now THAT's an important story!

[reyeszjj]

HAHA, so funny, he was just putting something in but found that he was on the camera, just like a boy who has done something wrong, so funny

[Sloopydrew]

I'm not comfortable with Morning Joe -- a supposed news show -- being sponsored by Starbucks (Starbucks pays them to drink out of Starbucks branded coffee cups each morning when the read the news, etc.). Should news programs have ON-AIR Product Placements? Anyone else have a problem with that or is it just me?

[kingofscotts]

It's just you.

You have way too much time on your hands.

[Sloopydrew]

Whatever. The news should NOT have product-placements while broadcasting. If you don't see a conflict of interest in this, you are either ignorant or an idiot.

[godlessclif]

As long as what he was eating was a sponsor Joe is O.K.

[gd7277467]

DAMN HUFFPOST !

This is exactl the type of information Americans want, and deserve !


Gotta Go !

NASCAR's on !!!

[anywho]

Scarborough is the new (Pillsbury) "Dough Boy".

[mponti]

A pitch for Starbucks twice in one day. First on Morning Joe, he turned his coffee cup with the Starbuck's logo to the camea. Then, again tonight, he touts Starbucks Espresso Brownie. What's next? A full-blow contract for a Starbucks commercial?

[dax49]

scarborough needs to keep his strength up in order to remain an apologist for the right wing. maybe that's why he was so hot for huckabee, he is probably a chubby chaser

[brwnizofmine]

He was in the tank for Romney. He kept telling everyone that Romney was going to win in Florida. He wanted him to win and finally had to get in the tank for McCain.

[ZombieKiller]

haha, i gotta say i love the smile on his face after he puts the brownie down.

i don't often agree with joe, but i do like him and Morning Joe.

[PghLori]

He goes into those right-wing rants and I wanna smack him upside the head, but somehow he is a likable guy, despite being an idiot.

[krayyy]

very funny

[peachfuzz]

Ha ha ha! He's such a bubba.

[ME08]

I don't like him, but who gives a shit whether he was eating on air?????

[peachfuzz]

Yeah that's why they dress in suits, so we can watch them eat

& listen to crumpling plastic. That's a sure ratings getter & ad seller.

:smacks head: why didn't we think of this sooner!

[dajay]

Oh MSNBC News, please give it up. You people are so unprofessional. They haven't gotten so tacky. I cannot believe it.

Joe Scarbourough, some journalist, just like Chris M. and Keith Olbermann.

[TheCSNews]

Dajay, I'm assuming you prefer the far-right-leaning Fox News? You do realize that Scarbourough would fit right in with your favorite spin doctors over on Faux, right? Just sayin'...