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TMZ Fires Personality Van Lathan After Argument With Co-Worker

Andrea Swindall - Pop Culture Writer October 23rd, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 22: Van Lathan speaks onstage at BET Her Presents Fashion & Beauty during the BET Experience at Los Angeles Convention Center on June 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for BET)

TV personality, Van Lathan, was fired from TMZ after getting into a heated confrontation with co-worker Michael Babcock. Hollywood Unlocked explains that the two men got into an argument during TMZ Live over political views. The arguing got heated, but it was edited out when the show went live.

They also add, “following the on-camera debacle, Lathan confronted Babcock in the newsroom and allegedly said that there would be a problem if he ‘Ever embarrassed him like that again.'”  He was fired a few days later.

 

Lathan addressed the firing on Twitter, writing, “I’m okay. Promise you guys. Seriously.”

Hollywood got various videos and photos of the incident, check some of them out below.

 

#Socialtes here's the full clip of why #VanLathan was terminated from #TMZ. Where in this clip was he violent? ???? Was this fair? Sound off ????????????????

8,685 Likes, 1,454 Comments - HOLLYWOOD UNLOCKED (@hollywoodunlocked) on Instagram: "#Socialtes here's the full clip of why #VanLathan was terminated from #TMZ. Where in this clip was..."

Images have emerged from October 8 that show #VanLathan touching #MichaelBabcok's neck after getting into a heated argument. As we reported, Lathan was terminated from #TMZ via @tmz_tv / David Thielen Twitter

7,305 Likes, 548 Comments - HOLLYWOOD UNLOCKED (@hollywoodunlocked) on Instagram: "Images have emerged from October 8 that show #VanLathan touching #MichaelBabcok's neck after..."

 

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