Jerry Springer is appalled by Donald Trump
Tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer - whose shameless segments often devolve into onstage brawls over matters such as sexual infidelity or dubious paternity - isn’t exactly considered a paragon of virtue and morality. And he’s never shied from his role as the king of all things tawdry.
Yet the daytime television star once dubbed “TV’s lowest life form” has once again made a point to place himself among Donald Trump’s vocal celebrity critics. After Trump tweeted insults at MSNBC “Morning Joe” cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough - calling Brzezinski “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and claiming she once visited Mar-a-Lago while “bleeding badly from a facelift” - Springer took to Twitter to condemn the president’s attacks as “beneath the dignity” of “any decent man”:
“I’m sorry, but Trump’s behavior is not just beneath the dignity of the Presidency ... but that of any decent man.”
It wasn’t the first time the talk show host has taken aim at Trump. Springer, who once served as the Democratic mayor of Cincinnati and mounted a failed bid for governor in Ohio in 1982, was a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton and a donor to her campaign. After watching Clinton and Trump spar in a presidential debate in September, Springer fired off a tweet that promptly went viral:
“Hillary Clinton belongs in the White House,” he wrote. “Donald Trump belongs on my show.”