handled press for Kimberly Guilfoyle\u2019s text message scandal<\/a>. <\/p>\nAn insider told us McHenry was promoted to a new role leading External Affairs & Press for under secretary Jacob Helberg\u2019s team on Wednesday, the same day that she found herself in her own scandal \u2014 hurling a drink at a fan at the basketball game.<\/p>\n
Britt McHenry is out of a job after getting kicked out of Capital One Arena. (She is pictured above during a pregame broadcast in 2016.) Getty Images<\/p>\n
McHenry got into a confrontation with a fan at the Wizards vs. Bucks game on Wednesday. (She is pictured above in 2015.) Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was forced to resign [over the incident],\u201d a source said. \u201cShe was promoted and fired within 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Department of State responded, \u201cWe do not comment on internal personnel matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
McHenry\u2019s new job and promotion came to an end when she found herself escorted out of Capital One Arena in DC on Wednesday night. A source previously told us a man in the crowd began \u201checkling\u201d Bucks player Kyle Kuzma, who is engaged to model Winnie Harlow.<\/p>\n
McHenry (pictured above) received a promotion on the day of the incident. brittmchenry\/instagram<\/p>\n
A source told Page Six that McHenry (pictured above) was forced to resign on Thursday. The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were saying he plays terribly because his girlfriend\u2019s ugly,\u201d our source claimed, adding that the man said other \u201cterrible\u201d things about Harlow.<\/p>\n
She then urged the heckler to \u201cease up,\u201d which led the alleged unruly fans to turn their attention toward her, according to the source, who claimed they \u201cthrew a drink on her.\u201d <\/p>\n
Video obtained by TMZ, however, shows a seemingly inebriated McHenry tossing a drink after fans chanted, \u201cGet her out!\u201d <\/p>\n
They subsequently threw multiple items at her after she tossed the drink and was escorted out to a chorus of boos. McHenry exited blowing kisses to the crowd.<\/p>\n
ESPN suspended McHenry (pictured above in 2018) over a similar incident in 2015. The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n
McHenry (pictured above) was \u201cpromoted and fired in 24 hours,\u201d an insider said. brittmchenry\/instagram<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time McHenry\u2019s employment was cut short over behavior caught on video. In 2015, ESPN infamously suspended her after she was caught on camera berating an employee of a towing company in DC, telling the staffer they had \u201cno education\u201d or \u201cskill set.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you feel good about your job? So I could be a college dropout and do the same thing? Why, \u2019cause I have a brain, and you don\u2019t?\u201d she ranted after her car had been towed. \u201cMaybe if I was missing some teeth, they would hire me, huh? \u2026 \u2018Cause I\u2019m on television, and you\u2019re in a f\u2013king trailer, honey.\u201d <\/p>\n
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