Trump Staffer Forced To Resign After She Throws Drink At Fan During NBA Game

Her promotion celebration was short-lived. US State Department press adviser, Britt McHenry, was forced to resign on Thursday after getting into a heated confrontation at the Washington Wizards vs. Milwaukee Bucks game the night before, a source familiar with the situation told Page Six.McHenry, 40, was hired as press adviser covering Europe and Africa, we’re told.

Additionally, she also handled press for Kimberly Guilfoyle’s text message scandal.An insider told us McHenry was promoted to a new role leading External Affairs & Press for under secretary Jacob Helberg’s team on Wednesday, the same day that she found herself in her own scandal — hurling a drink at a fan at the basketball game.

“She was forced to resign [over the incident],” a source said. “She was promoted and fired within 24 hours.”

A spokesperson for the Department of State responded, “We do not comment on internal personnel matters.”McHenry’s 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 “heckling” Bucks player Kyle Kuzma, who is engaged to model Winnie Harlow.

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Exclusive: Trump staffer Britt McHenry throws drink at fan at NBA game. pic.twitter.com/9tgqAto4hl

— TMZ (@TMZ) October 22, 2026

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The man in the video sitting with McHenry confirmed his identity when he took to social media to explain the situation.

YouTuber Andrew Fenichel revealed he was the previously unnamed man sitting with McHenry and revealed their friendship dates back to college. He made it clear the two are not dating or involved in a romantic relationship, but confirmed they’re still friends.

In a video posted to X (formerly Twitter), Fenichel confirmed misogynistic comments were made and the altercation escalated from there before ending with McHenry tossing a drink on another fan and walking out.

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So let me get this straight — based on all the reporting…

Britt McHenry made a snarky comment to a group of men who were heckling Kyle Kuzma and calling his fiancée, Winnie Harlow — the Black model who has vitiligo — “ugly.”

The men then started harassing Britt and threw some… https://t.co/lkSZ8RIsIa pic.twitter.com/el8hiIMuUP

— Yashar Ali

(@yashar) October 24, 2026

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So let me get this straight — based on all the reporting…

Britt McHenry made a snarky comment to a group of men who were heckling Kyle Kuzma and calling his fiancée, Winnie Harlow — the Black model who has vitiligo — “ugly.”

The men then started harassing Britt and threw some sort of liquid at her — this is based on the LA Times’ analysis of the video — and she turned around and threw a drink back at them.

THIS is what gets someone fired in this administration?

A woman defending another woman, and then, when a group of men start harassing her and throw a drink at her, she throws one back?

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