newsday.com - 5/13/2008
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Longtime WNBC-TV Sue Simmons news anchor blurted an expletive on the air during a news promo Monday evening. During the 10 p.m. hour, the station featured a brief promotion for the 11 p.m. news with Simmons and Chuck Scarborough. Simmons was teasing a story about rising grocery prices when the footage laid over her voice switched to a cruise ship that had a passenger go overboard. ...
Sue Simmons Drops The F Bomb
dlisted.com 5/13/2008 —
Sue Simmons , a WNBC anchor in NYC, dropped a huge fuck bomb during a live promo for the 11pm news last night. Sue was teasing a story about rising grocery prices when footage of a cruise ship came up and Sue shouted " What the fuck are you doing?! " I guess everyone was shocked, because Sue's F bomb was followed by several seconds of silence.
Sue apologized for dropping the bomb ...
Sue Simmons Would Like to Know "What The Fuck Are You Doing?"
jossip.com 5/13/2008 —
Ohmigod we love WNBC’s Sue Simmons. She’s everything we want in a local news anchor: Personable, but not too friendly. Wise, but not condescending. Tastefully dressed, but not too frumpy.
And she drops the F-bomb on air. During one ...
SAVE MONEY DAMN YOU! DO IT!
wwtdd.com 5/13/2008 — Sue Simmons is the local news anchor for WNBC in New York, and last night’s teaser for the news went like this, "At eleven, paying more at the grocer but getting less. We'll tell you how to get the most. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ...
Sue Simmons is pissed
celebslam.buzznet.com 5/13/2008 —
Sue Simmons drops the f bomb on live television
WNBC anchor Sue Simmons lost it during a live news telecast last night shouting “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!” during a teaser segment. It’s not entirely clear, but I think ...
Sue Simmons Drops The F Bomb
gabbybabble.com 5/13/2008 — Sue Simmons, a WNBC anchor in NYC, dropped the F bomb on the 11pm news last night. Simmons was reporting about the rising grocery prices when a footage of a cruise ship came up and Sue shouted "What the fu*k are you doing?!". It is not every day ...
Sue Simmons Personally Apologizing to Every F***ing Viewer
radaronline.com 5/14/2008 — Sailor-tongued WNBC-TV anchor Sue Simmons is clearly begging for forgiveness—one viewer at a time. Tuesday, during a 10 p.m. promo for an 11 p.m. newscast, she was plugging story on grocery prices when footage of a cruise ship popped up. Simmons ...
WNBC Anchor: "What The Fuck Are You Doing?!" [VideUhOh]
gawker.com 5/16/2008 — Exploring, perhaps, her inner Bill O'Reilly , WNBC news anchor Sue Simmons turned what should have been a straightforward promo for the evening news into an angry cuss-out of one of her co-workers. And Simmons' cursing made it onto the air, unlike ...
Sue Simmons F-Bomb Fallout, Day 2 —
Gothamist
WNBC anchor Sue Simmons's unexpected cursing during a Monday night promo continues to be watercooler gossip. The veteran news anchor appeared on yesterday's broadcasts, surprising some industry insiders who thought she might be suspended .
As for the reason why Simmons may have cursed on-air, various WNBC sources suggest the she and Chuck Scarborough thought the promo was being taped. So ...
WNBC Anchor's Swearing Was All Co-Anchor's Fault [Sue Simmons] —
Gawker
The Times got to the bottom of WNBC anchor Sue Simmons ' on-air cuss out Monday night and discovered the whole incident can basically blamed on Simmons' co-anchor Chuck Scarborough for not paying enough "fucking" attention. During the live promo, Simmons read her tease for a grocery store story, but then when the video changed to something else, Scarborough was screwing around on the ...
WNBC is 4 Sue Simmons —
Gothamist
Newsday's Verne Gay reports WNBC 4 "released another statement" today that apologizes for Sue Simmons' unexpected f-bomb during a Monday night promo . Gay believes the statement is "designed to dash media speculation that Simmons' 28-year tenure was imperiled by the outburst." Here's the statement: "Sue Simmons is a highly valued 30-year veteran of WNBC. Sue, along with WNBC, remains ...
Why Sue Simmons Said What She Said —
mediabistro.com: TVNewser
The Daily News' chatted with Sue Simmons about her droppage of the F bomb during a live, prime time tease Monday night on WNBC.
First of all, Simmons thought it was taped (okay, we get it. After 30 years of doing 2 or 3 promos a night, you forget which are live and which are taped.) Second: Simmons says she was joking with co-anchor Chuck Scarborough when she said to him, "What the Fuck ...
Sue Simmons Did Not Put Any Curse Words In This Email —
Jossip
Regarding the Post ’s scathing report that WNBC Sue Simmons enjoys a little sauce between news broadcasts : “Not one word of it is true. I haven’t had an alcoholic drink between shows for at least 15 years or more. […] I understand more now why many people don’t trust the media.” [ NYP ]
Sue Simmons Will Apologize To You On Email, Good Luck Finding Her [Meltdowns] —
Gawker
Sue Simmons gets it: You don't like that she said the f-word on WNBC Monday, all angry like. So the news anchor has yanked her email address from the WNBC website, according to an email tipster. Comparing Simmons' current WNBC Web page with the latest one in archive.org, from 2007 , does show that her email address was dropped at some point (images after the jump). But! If you can track ...
Kathie Lee Gifford Scared She'll Have Meltdown Too [Sue Simmons] —
Gawker
Today hosted a very meta discussion this morning about Sue Simmons ' WNBC f-bomb and Bill O'Reilly 's old Inside Edition eruption , and anchpr Kathie Lee Gifford is extremely sympathetic toward both of the old TV hands and their embarassments. She told co-host Hoda Kotb there's always a chance she'll have her own "FUCK IT! DO IT NOW!" breakdown: "We're having fun, because tomorrow it could ...
Not That Sue Simmons' Outburst Had Anything to Do With Alcohol, But ... —
Jossip
It’s open season on WNBC anchor Sue Simmons, though it’s not like she didn’t bring it upon herself .
The Times goes pretty easy on her, rounding up New Yorkers’ reactions to her “What the fuck are you doing?” line, while ducking around what she actually said. (Family paper and all.) [ NYT ] There’s also the official excuse, which was that Simmons ...
Sue Simmons' Apology, First and Foremost —
Jossip
So this is sort of interesting. The first Google News result for “Sue Simmons,” the WNBC anchor who let it fly during a live promo, is her apology: “I have to acknowledge an unfortunate incident : I used a word that many people find offensive. It was a mistake I made and I’m truly sorry.” [ Google News ]
Did Chuck Scarborough Make Sue Simmons Curse On Live TV? —
Videogum
First Bill O'Reilly in the '90s, now this (ha). Last night, beloved longtime WNYC co-anchor Sue Simmons was teasing a story about getting the most at the grocery store when, apparently thinking she was off the air, yelled "The fuck are you doing??". It was followed by 8 seconds of silence: Simmons later apologized for using "a word that many people find offensive":
WNBC anchor Sue Simmons for swearing on air —
Showbiz Spy - celebrity news, rumors & gossip
WNBC news anchor Sue Simmons says she’s “truly sorry” for blurting out “What the f*ck are you doing?” live on air.
The TV veteran made the gaffe when the wrong footage was aired as she did a teaser for the 11 p.m. newscast on Monday.
The screen went momentarily blank following the hitch.
Later, during the newscast, Simmons apologized for using “a word ...
ICYMI: NYC News Anchor Drops F-Bomb On The Air —
Best Week Ever
Perhaps inspired by yesterday's revisiting of Bill O'Reilly's decades-old on-air freakout , a local anchorwoman here in New York named Sue Simmons accidentally let a pretty scary F-Bomb fly at the end of a teaser segment for the nightly news. It's not quite clear who her "What the F*ck are you doing!?!" was directed at, but I'm guessing it was either my man Chuck Scarborough or that sadsack ...
WNBC’s Sue Simmons f*cking promo! —
Seriously? OMG! WTF?
I miss Sue Simmons she was always a tough broad, so it is nice to hear her her use the tough words! I can’t figure out what made her say “What the F*ck are you doing?” but it kind of looks like her WNBC co-anchor Chuck Scarborough feel asleep.
I am sure her bosses are saying “What the f*ck were you doing?” last night to ger right about now.
Sue Simmons slips in WNBC-TV news. —
Stupid Celebrities Gossip
Sue Simmons, 64, the lead anchor at WNBC-TV news, was angry when the technician made a mistake and slipped in a wrong image for a news item they were promoting for the 11 pm news. This happened on Monday night, May 12, 2008.
Sue Simmons was doing a trailer on a story on the rising costs of groceries when a tape of a cereal box switched to a tape of a cruise ship. Sue shouted ...
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