On March 8, a newscaster in Jackson, Mississippi, was dismissed for using lyrics from Snoop Dogg during a live performance.
Former WLBT morning show anchor Barbie Bassett was fired after referencing the lyrics while discussing the rapper’s new wine, Snoop Cali Blanc, with meteorologist Patrick Ellis and co-anchor Wilson Stribling.
The music that Bassett picked contains slang usage of the N-word. “Fo shizzle, my nizzle,” Bassett exclaimed as the story came to a close.
Ellis was giggling before Bassett uttered the lyric, but he ceased laughing right away. The video has received over a million views since it was posted on social media.
Twitter users reacted to the video, and one user took note of the meteorologist’s reaction to Bassett’s comment.
“The way dude’s face went from laugh to shock (you can tell by the cheeks). He knew she had messed up.”
One user thought the anchor had no idea what she was saying and was just being enthusiastic about Snoop. “She had no clue what she was saying,” he wrote. “She shouldn’t have been fired. My man on the end tho is the real star.”
Another user replied, “That ww said fo shizzle my nizzle and her badge buzzed when she tried to clock in the next day.”
Longtime Mississippi news anchor appears to no longer be employed with the news team after saying, "Fo shizzle, my nizzle" on airhttps://t.co/O5tFTsac1g pic.twitter.com/hs01IyVQaL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 24, 2023
