{"id":99358,"date":"2026-01-13T22:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/99358\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:53:29","slug":"eric-adams-tells-heckler-go-f-k-yourself-as-ex-nyc-mayor-gets-booed-at-airport-youre-gonna-see-the-brooklyn-in-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/99358\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams tells heckler &#8216;go f&#8211;k yourself&#8217; as ex-NYC mayor gets booed at airport: &#8216;You\u2019re gonna see the Brooklyn in me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A foul-mouthed flier unleashed on Eric Adams at an airport, prompting the former Big Apple mayor to snap \u201cGo f\u2013k yourself\u201d and warn \u201cYou\u2019re gonna see the Brooklyn in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heated exchange, which was caught on video and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nyc\/s\/iBnGvPHAuS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted to Reddit Tuesday,<\/a> does not show what led up to the argument.<\/p>\n<p>But at one point, the masked passenger tells Hizzoner, \u201cEric Adams, please punch me in the face. I would like if you punched me in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.62988281;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38175065\" width=\"372\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/video-posted-reddit-u-wehaventlocatedusyet-118851246.jpg\" alt=\"Former New York Mayor Eric Adams speaking to a fellow passenger on an airplane.\" class=\"wp-image-38175065\"  \/>Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams was filmed being berated by a foul-mouthed flier at an airport. Reddit\/wehaventlocatedusyet<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo f\u2013k yourself\u2026I\u2019m not the mayor anymore,\u201d Adams replied.<\/p>\n<p>The pair got into it while getting off the flight in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re gonna see the Brooklyn in me,\u201d the former NYPD captain, 65, snaps as he leans into the woman on the skybridge \u2013 prompting the passenger to push him out of her way.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.58007813;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38175061\" width=\"342\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/video-posted-reddit-u-wehaventlocatedusyet-118851244.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a face mask looks back at the person filming as they walk down a jet bridge.\" class=\"wp-image-38175061\"  \/>Adams was flying from NYC to Dallas when he was approached by the heckler. Reddit\/wehaventlocatedusyet<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not immediately clear why Adams was in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the one-term mayor, who was born in Brownsville, was in Manhattan announcing his next gig \u2014 tackling antisemitism with cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Reddit users were quick to react to the stunning footage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he just say \u2018you\u2019ll see the Brooklyn in me\u2019? Ok, grandpa,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 spokesman Todd Shapiro noted that he\u2019s \u201ca private citizen and was harassed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clip is selectively edited, lacks critical context, and misrepresents what actually occurred,\u201d he said without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A foul-mouthed flier unleashed on Eric Adams at an airport, prompting the former Big Apple mayor to snap&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,81,15617,57,9,24,63,87,9336,58],"class_list":["post-99358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-eric-adams","tag-flights","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-threats","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}