Mediaite served up more than we probably want to know about Dick Morris in a Jan. 16 post:
Dick Morris, author and commentator, did a live shot on Newsmax on Monday with host Rob Schmitt and talked about something, but no one knows what he said because a man in his underwear just casually strolled through his live shot and no one ever said a word about it.
As a courtesy, Mediaite watched the video a few times to make sure we all saw what we saw exactly 13 seconds in, but also to report on what Morris said while everyone was trying to digest what happened.
[…]You know what was faster than a Mike Tyson fight? The four seconds spent onscreen by a man in his underwear while Dick Morris was talking about upcoming primary races.
You know what was longer than a Mike Tyson fight? The amount of time not spent talking about the man in his underwear who apparently had no idea Dick Morris was doing a TV hit in the room he was about to walk through.
Which begs the question: If a man walks through another man’s live shot in his underwear and no one mentions it, did it really happen?
Uh, yeah. A few days later, Mediaite discussed how the underwear guy popped up on Greg Gutfeld’s Fox News show:
His name is Doug Depierro and the next several minutes were comedy gold.
“They weren’t underwear, first of all; they were shorts,” Depierro said to peals of laughter. “I’m in Florida; you wear shorts and a tank top.”
Depierro then got down to business to tell his side of the story, and the audience could barely control themselves.
“So, I’m with Dick Morris all the time. I set up the backdrops for him. And, when I set it up, he was going to do the poll thing with Iowa. And I said, ‘Dick, you have to put the camera on an angle. Put it on an angle because I will be coming in and out of the house.’ And, of course when I walked in, I opened the door and saw he was on. I go, ‘I could shut the door and it would be like some freak dude opening the door and shutting the door.’ So, I just walked in!”
[…]Turns out Depierro actually works for former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Of course he does. Morris is very much a Trump-fluffer, so it’s not surprising that Trump might send a little help his way.
Two months later, though, Newsmax has apparently still not talked about this — and as far as we know, Morris hasn’t either.