{"id":131711,"date":"2024-11-30T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131711"},"modified":"2024-11-30T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T01:59:00","slug":"nbc4-anchor-leon-harris-sparks-worries-after-stumbling-through-thanksgiving-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131711","title":{"rendered":"NBC4 anchor Leon Harris sparks worries after stumbling through Thanksgiving broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NBC4 Washington anchor Leon Harris struggled to get through his words during the network\u2019s Thanksgiving night broadcast \u2013 sparking concerns that he was having a medical episode or under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old broadcast journalist \u2014 who joined NBC4 in Washington, DC in 2017 after more than 20 years as an anchor at CNN \u2014 stumbled over his words and spoke incoherently during the evening news, as seen in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWave_Press\/status\/1862496879726002223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">clip posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>NBC4 news anchor Leon Harris struggled through the Thanksgiving broadcast on Thursday evening. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris was reporting on a water main break near Washington, DC and the arrest of four individuals connected to the vandalization of an American Israel Public Affairs Committee building.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers were quick to take to social media with their concerns that the news anchor was suffering a medical emergency. Some social media users even speculated that Harris \u2014 who served jail time in 2022 after driving under the influence, crashing into a car and attempting to flee the scene \u2014 was relapsing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>After Harris\u2019 shaky news delivery, the network cut to a weather segment during its 6 p.m. newscast, with no news from the anchor desk for at least 20 minutes, according to journalists posting on X during the live broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>NBC4 meteorologist Ryan Miller told viewers that the network had received \u201ca lot\u201d of concern and calls from worried fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to assure you that our colleague Leon Harris is fine,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The local NBC news anchor served jail time after he was arrested in 2022 for driving under the influence. <span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lee Sanders, a podcaster and voice actor, called for NBC to \u201ccheck on\u201d Harris in a post on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheck your guy! Pray he hasn\u2019t relapsed again or dealing w\/ addiction off of that foot injury,\u201d Sanders wrote Thursday night. \u201cPull him &amp; get him some help!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders said the newscast was cut short after 35 minutes, instead of the planned hour.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Williamson, a sportscaster, called the Thanksgiving newscast \u201chard to watch\u201d and said he hoped Harris was OK.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Leon Harris was removed from his anchor duties after his arrest and reinstated months later. <span class=\"credit\">The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris served 10 days in jail in 2022 after he crashed into another car while driving under the influence and attempted to flee the scene of the crime. He was removed from his anchor duties at NBC4 after his arrest and reinstated months later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nbcwashington\/status\/1504921687728566277?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">he told NBC4 viewers<\/a> that it was \u201cthe stupidest decision I could have possibly made\u201d and that he was \u201cdeeply, deeply regretful and apologetic for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During that broadcast, he said he was taking some time off to get some professional help.<\/p>\n<p>His NBC4 colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nbcwashington\/status\/1549135648015122432?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Doreen Gentzler later interviewed him in July 2022<\/a> about his arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cYeah, in my condition, I could\u2019ve killed somebody,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI was actually more impaired than I thought I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gentzler told Harris that many viewers wondered why he tried to flee the scene after crashing into another driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the alcohol and the disease,\u201d Harris said. \u201cAll I could think about was getting home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news anchor said he was doing \u201cthree hours of therapy\u201d every morning during his time off to deal with his substance use issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/29\/media\/nbc4-anchor-leon-harris-sparks-worries-after-stumbling-through-thanksgiving-broadcast\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC4 Washington anchor Leon Harris struggled to get through his words during the network\u2019s Thanksgiving night broadcast \u2013 sparking concerns that he was having a medical episode or under the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131711\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}