Katie Zacharia switches off comments on latest snap after she melts down during BBC interview
Katie Zacharia switches off comments on latest snap after she melts down during BBC interview
Eleanor TolbertWed, November 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC
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Katie Zacharia has turned the comments off on her latest Instagram post -Credit:AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Katie Zacharia has turned the comments off on her latest Instagram post amid backlash from a disastrous BBC interview.
The former White House press secretary, 42, posted a photo on Instagram Tuesday showing her riding her bike along a scenic route. She’s posed with her arms out wide in biker shorts and a blue workout top, sitting on her bike next to a dog. The caption of the post is simply a blue butterfly emoji.
The comments on her post have been limited. This comes as she got into a heated argument on the Nov. 10 episode of Newsnight during an interview with British journalist Victoria Derbyshire.
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The acclaimed journalist began to question Zacharia on the Senate race in Alaska, where two Dan Sullivans appeared on the ballot, potentially confusing voters.
"Why didn't JD Vance mention the Sullivans? And Alaska? He clearly pointed —" the journalist attempted to ask, before Zacharia interrupted her, "Is that fair? You don't want to answer the question because you know it's not fair.
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"You know that that was a setup. It was so clearly a setup, and that is why it's being investigated right now. And that should be across the pond, being questioned just as much as anywhere else in the world."
As Derbyshire attempted to ask a follow-up question, Zacharia cut in again, "This is not just some random obscurity. This is two Dan Sullivans (VD nods) who were on the ballot in Alaska."
"But why —" the BBC host said. And Zacharia continued, "This is something that needs to be looked at. Who put Dan Sullivan on that ballot? Who did that?"
"The New York Times had an answer. Did you read that? Did you read what The New York Times came out with? Yes or no?" Zacharia ranted, as Derbyshire relented and smirked at her guest.
"The president has been very clear: there is not any kind of 'at odds' right now," Zacharia continued. "He made that statement very clear both in his interview and across the board. Any kind of insinuation that there's this massive division happening is not actually understanding the relationship between the president and the vice president."
Zacharia made history as the shortest White House press secretary in history. She was appointed to the position on Oct. 9, but following a rough display during her first briefing to the press, she departed the role on Oct. 16.
In Zacharia’s single press briefing, she appeared nervous and stumbled over her words, only staying at the podium for 14 minutes and taking three questions.
She's also faced questions about her background, as Trump called her an “attorney” in his Oct. 9 Truth Social post. The Washington Post reports, however, that she failed the California bar exam and only briefly worked at a law firm in China, though she never practiced with a license.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
