Fetterman’s Wife Lashes Out at NBC Reporter After Interview – Suggests She Should Apologize

The wife of Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman says she is “pretty upset” about a reporter sharing her experience talking with her husband.

Gisele Barreto Fetterman discussed the interview during a segment of the “Fast Politics” podcast with Molly Jong-Fast.

The exchange comes after John Fetterman sat down for an interview with NBC News’ Dasha Burns for his first in-person conversation with a reporter since his stroke in May.

Burns has received criticism for sharing that he has “a hard time understanding what he’s hearing.”

She also stated it seemed the Senate hopeful “had a hard time understanding” some small talk that occurred without the use of closed captioning.

When asked how she felt about Burns’ comments, Gisele Fetterman said, “I don’t like saying rage because I think that’s a really unhealthy feeling, and when you feel those things, it only harms yourself.”

“But what a disservice that she did not only to my husband but to anyone facing a disability and working through it, and I don’t know how there were not consequences. I mean, there are consequences for folks in these positions who are any of the isms. I mean, she was ableist. That’s what she was in her interview. It was appalling to the entire disability community, and, I think to journalism. So I was shocked. I’m still pretty upset about it,” she continued.

She went on, “These networks have to take accountability, right? Like, where is your training? It was appalling to see. And you see that in schools, you see that in young children. You don’t expect to see it at this level. And I haven’t heard an apology. It hasn’t come. I’m hopeful that they will reflect and see that they did an incredible disservice to all Americans.”

Listen to her comments below:

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