TV Host Explains Why She Stormed Off Set Over Michael Sam's Kiss

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – MAY 15, 2014, 2:05 PM EDT

It was all hunky-dory on Wednesday's edition of "The Broadcast," Dallas's local answer to "The View."

A day earlier, co-host Amy Kushnir expressed revulsion toward NFL draftee Michael Sam's televised kiss with his boyfriend, and she grew frustrated with her more gay-friendly co-hosts. Near the end of the nine-minute discussion, which was littered with memorable and quotable moments, Kushnir abruptly walked off set, shouting "I'm gonna go to Midland."

Lisa Pineiro, who disagreed with Kushnir's take on Sam, told viewers Wednesday that moments like that are just what make "The Broadcast" such compelling television.

"I just want to say that this is what our show is about and it's why I think the show has resonated with so many people because everybody represents, you know, a different perspective, different point of view," Pineiro said.

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[11 Bravo]

1. Unless she said, "Because I'm a bigoted, narrow-minded, ignorant twit" ...

then she's just fooling herself and wasting everybody's time.

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Ratings. Backlash provided attention.

[oneofthe99]

7. I think the same thing , this was staged

[randys1]

3. Fire her and today, no more tolerance for bigots

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. This is Dallas. I wouldn't hold my breath, but I would like to be pleasantly surprised.

[Egnever]

4. So what was her explanation?

[gratuitous]

8. According to a transcript from the TPM post

I feel personally that I was not able to express my opinions appropriately without being interrupted. I felt like I was being painted to be something that I personally was not. Everybody that knows me knows that I love everybody, and I'm a deeply loving person, and I get choked up because I truly love deeply. Um, so with that being said, I felt like I had no choice but to get up, push myself out of the situation because we were going nowhere, as you probably saw, and we have a term around here that we say: we're going to Midland. And what that means, actually Suzie started this trend, and what that means is we're going to excuse ourself from the conversation politely. And that's what I did. I just decided it was time to go to Midland. And I went to Midland, and I'm back and I'm a happy camper, and I'm ready to move on. Next. Let's talk about something else.

Apparently, she just LOVES too much. Oh, and the conversation was "going nowhere" which I interpret to mean that she didn't really have a counterargument and reality bites.

[closeupready]

5. It DOESN'T. MATTER. We saw what you are about. EOS.

As far as I'm concerned, I want you to go back to teeny tiny Midland and stay there, and if I never hear about you ever again, my life will still be complete.

[JI7]

9. that seems like such a crappy show to watch

i hate the view and every other show based on that crap.