Damn, Ari Melber. You have DeNiro on there being DEADLY serious and Ari cracks jokes?

[hlthe2b]

WTF is wrong with him?

DeNiro was referring to the documentary UNFIT and while he wasn't quite summarizing it too accurately, he was really trying to get the point across that Trump is mentally unfit. And Ari interrupts to ask him about a previous movie? Good heavens.

[W_HAMILTON]

1. Melber is a weird dude.

He's approaching Andrea Mitchell/Chuck Todd levels of dislike from me. They should give his show to someone else and let him go back to being a court reporter type, where he actually does pretty well since he's forced to report on the news rather than randomly recite rap lines to fill time.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. He'd rather be a comic or a music producer.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Was he like 'Mr DeNiro, you remember that time you were in Raging Bull?'

'Yeah Ari'

'That was AWESOME!'

[ProfessorGAC]

19. "God, That Was A Stupid Question!"

"I'm so stupid!"
Thanks for reminding me of that bit!

[mr_lebowski]

21. It's a classic for sure ...

[Dem2]

4. I enjoyed the segment

They didn't mesh perfectly, but Robert got his point across.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Melber does that far too often - a serious discussion is taking place

and he has to throw in a wisecrack or a rap reference. I don't know if he's trying to be hip and cool or whatever, but it's really irritating. He's off my list these days, in considerable part because of that.

[BainsBane]

6. Are is a dweeb who thinks he's cool

He grates on my nerves.

[XanaDUer2]

7. he does that often

usually when a guest is making an interesting point

[Dagstead Bumwood]

8. Used to be appointment tv in this house

but we don't watch him anymore. It's a pity, but he's become too damn annoying.

[moonscape]

18. Makes me sad. I really liked him when

he was a fill-in before he got his show and watched a lot in the beginning. I still auto-record it in case I hear there was some thing interesting on, but 95% of the time auto-delete.

[renate]

9. I am SO TIRED of Ari Melber. OMG. He's worse than Chris Matthews ever was

Melber always thinks he's come up with some stupid/hilarious-in-his-mind joke and he will always, inevitably, cringingly derail a serious discussion and interrupt a guest to cram it in and wait for their "yes, har har, that sure is funny" before letting them move on. At least Chris interrupted because he was enthusiastic and knowledgeable about politics, not just because he wanted to show off.

I CANNOT watch him. I feel bad saying this because I don't like to criticize people, and I'm sure he's a lovely person in real life, but he is absolutely unacceptable as an interviewer. Especially in really serious times when we just don't want to hear pop culture references or anything shallow and extraneous like that. All his stupid music references ALL THE TIME. WE GET IT ARI YOU ARE SUPER COOL AND YOUNG AND ONE OF THE COOL KIDS.

[renate]

12. AND someone really ought to stage an intervention now in particular, because of delays

Crosstalk with him was already annoying and awkward enough when his interviewees were in the studio with him, but with the delays because of Zoom every single one of them is like a record scratch.

Seriously, the producers need to have a talk with him. He can go back to regular levels of annoying once the pandemic is over and he's just being rude to his guests' faces.

And I'll just say again, ARI: NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOUR STUPID AWKWARD FAUX-COOL MUSIC JOKES. Go have a private Zoom dinner party and make your guests fake-laugh, but we are SICK OF IT.

[XanaDUer2]

13. And when his guests don't get it

there's awkward silence . There's no excuse to embarrass a guest who's trying to explain a complex point

[BannonsLiver]

10. I don't know who or what made Ari think he should be on TV

He’s awful. MSNBC sucks.

[Green Line]

11. He's unwatchable

[Joedog]

14. Not a big Ari Melber fan

[Paladin]

15. I gave up on Ari's show some time ago.

I have no interest in hearing some rap artist's political viewpoints---any more than the political viewpoints of a country-western singer. Ari's show went off the rails a long time ago; sorry to hear that DiNiro was the latest victim. MSNBC has some serious housecleaning to do....

[marmar]

16. That's why I can't watch him.

Nothing wrong with an anchor injecting humor every now and again, but he doesn't seem to know when it's appropriate.

[Talitha]

17. Ari, when you try to convince people how cool you are - dude, you're not cool.

I was SO happy when he got his own show, because he was excellent as a panel member during discussions. But then he started with his 'look how cool I am' crap and within 3 days, I just couldn't watch him anymore.

[bullwinkle428]

20. I'm sure the interview with Steve Bannon was the tipping point for some.

[Vivienne235729]

22. I don't like Melber. He's totally unwatchable at times. I always turn the channel when I see him

I much prefer Ari Valshi? (not sure I spelled his name right)

[renate]

23. Ali Velshi! My heart!

Love him! And admire him too. He works SO hard.

[SharonClark]

24. He's much better as a guest than a host.

Sometimes I watch him, just to see how awkward it gets.