As if ABC News needed another embarrassment. David Muir’s seeming vanity was unfortunately on full display while covering the deadly Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday. The “World News Tonight” anchor had a tone-deaf on-air fashion faux pas when he accidentally revealed to the camera that he had clothespins cinching the back of his official-looking flame-retardant jacket for a better fit while broadcasting live during the catastrophe.

Megyn Kelly ripped into ABC News' David Muir on Thursday for showing his "abject vanity" when he decided to cinch his "fake fireman's jacket" he wore while reporting on the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.

ABC News anchor David Muir is being mocked on social media as “pathetic” and “narcissistic” for using clamps to cinch his flame-retardant jacket while broadcasting from the scene of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.

David Muir appears to have ditched his now-infamous clothespin. The ABC anchor returned to “World News Tonight” Thursday to cover the Los Angeles wildfires, one day after facing backlash for cinching his flame-retardant yellow jacket to achieve a sleeker look.

ABC News' David Muir has managed to make that question quite the litmus test after going live to report on the wildfires that have engulfed Southern California. Muir reported from areas of devastation for "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir,

ABC News anchor David Muir is getting ripped to shreds this week for using clothespins to clinch his jacket while doing a live report on the California wildfires. The accomplished host from "World News Tonight with David Muir" was reporting from Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

During an "ABC World News Tonight" report on Wednesday from the scene of the devastating fires, anchor Muir could be seen wearing a yellow fireproof jacket with the ABC News logo

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ABC anchor David Muir was mocked on social media for using wooden clothespins to style his flame-retardant jacket while reporting from the scene of the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. During a standup shot across the street from charred rubble in the Palisades area on Wednesday,

ABC News anchor David Muir, who became a global laughingstock for trying to look buff while covering the Los Angeles wildfires, is being ripped by network insiders who are disgusted by his tone-dead vanity.