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Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s On-Air Bickering ‘Has Escalated Into Full-Blown Fighting’


The on-air bickering between Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski has escalated into a full-blown fight between the hosts, a source exclusively tells Closer.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesProblems began when the opinionated anchorman unilaterally decided they should relocate from New York City to his home state of Florida without really asking Mika for her input, infuriating the NYC native, the insider says. Tensions apparently boiled over when MSNBC yanked Morning Joe off the air on the Monday after the July 13 assassination attempt of Donald Trump — the couple are known to be harsh critics of the former president. Insiders said he threatened MSNBC execs he would walk if it ever happened again, and Mika blew up at him for putting their jobs on the line without consulting her.

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