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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Fox News star Brit Hume turns on former colleague Pete Hegseth for outburst over Iran bombing intel
Brit Hume jumped to the defense of his Fox News colleague Jennifer Griffin and slammed former co-worker Pete Hegseth for their clash over the Iran bombing. Hegseth clashed with much of the press in his briefing on the strikes after several outlets claimed they had only set back Iran's nuclear facilities by months rather than decimating them. However, he shared particular scorn for Fox's National Security Correspondent Griffin, saying: 'Jennifer, you've been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the President says.' Hume, a longtime fixture at the network, defended Griffin in a week where Tucker Carlson joined the parade of former Fox News anchors giving friendly fire her way. 'I have then, have had and still have, the greatest regard for her. The attack on her was unfair,' Hume said, criticizing Hegseth. He said the attack was not deserved and Griffin's 'professionalism, knowledge and experience at the Pentagon is unmatched.' Hegseth, a former weekend host for Fox News before being tapped to run the Department of Defense for Trump, was openly hostile to the media during a Thursday morning press conference at the Pentagon. The entire briefing was seemingly held to push back on reports indicating that Operation Midnight Hammer - the name of the weekend bombing mission - was ineffective. Griffin, a veteran Pentagon reporter who's been with the channel for decades, asked Hegseth to clarify whether Iran's already enriched uranium was destroyed by the U.S. strikes. 'There's nothing that I've seen that suggests that what we didn't hit exactly what we wanted to hit in those locations,' the Pentagon secretary responded cagily. Griffin then asked: 'That's not the question, though. It's about highly enriched uranium. Do you have certainty that all the highly enriched uranium was inside the Fordow mountain, or some of it?' 'There were satellite photos that showed more than a dozen trucks there two days in advance? Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?' 'Of course, we're watching every single aspect,' Hegseth responded before bizarrely turning on his old colleague. 'But Jennifer, you've been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the President says.' The veteran Pentagon reporter immediately interjected, highlighting to Hegseth how she was the first journalist to reveal how the operation targeted the nuclear facility's ventilation shafts and more. 'I was the first to report about the ventilation shafts on Saturday night, and in fact, I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission, with great accuracy,' the Fox News correspondent retorted. 'So I take issue with that,' she added. Satellite imagery showed trucks arriving at the Fordow nuclear facility just days before the strikes, leading to questions about whether the Iranians moved their enriched uranium to another location before the U.S. bombs were dropped. 'I'm not aware of any intelligence that I've reviewed that says things were not where they were supposed to be — moved or otherwise,' Hegseth later told another reporter. Multiple sources familiar with an initial battle damage assessment told CNN and the New York Times that the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities only set back the country's nuclear program by a few months. 'It is preliminary,' Hegseth said of the leaked assessment on Thursday. 'It points out it is not coordinated with the intelligence community at all, there is low confidence in this report, there are gaps.' The bigger issue, according to Hegseth, is the unpatriotic media. 'You cheer against Trump so hard, it's like in your DNA and blood,' Hegseth charged the reporters in the room. 'You have to cheer against the efficacy of these strikes.' 'Your people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn't successful, it's irresponsible.' The Pentagon secretary also invoked statements from CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Both intelligence chiefs put out statements on Wednesday night stating that the damage done to Iran's nuclear sites will take 'years' to rebuild. 'CIA can confirm that a body of credible intelligence indicates Iran's nuclear program has been severely damaged by recent targeted strikes,' Hegseth said. It came just days after Carlson admitted he wanted her out when he worked at Fox News, referring to her as 'the deepest of the deep state.' As Trump announced a ceasefire - one Carlson reacted to by tweeting: 'Thank God' - he released an episode of his show where he continued to question his ex-employers coverage, zeroing in on Griffin, the network's Chief National Security Correspondent. 'Jennifer Griffin is, even by the standards of Pentagon employees, she's not technically an employee of the Pentagon. She's a shill, obviously, for the deepest of the deep states. But she's like a parody. She's like parody. It's like the whole thing,' Carlson said. Carlson and fellow former Fox host Clayton Morris joked about Griffin's water-carrying for the 'deep state.' 'The crazy thing is Jen Griffin is a liar, but also very liberal, true Trump hater, to the point where I complained about her and I really tried not to complain about other people at Fox when I worked there,' he said. 'She was discrediting the channel, she was such a Trump hatter, and it was emotional.' He even went to one of his superiors at the network and suggested Griffin wasn't helping. Carlson said he asked: 'She's an idiot. She doesn't tell the truth. She misleads our viewers. And she's like a screaming liberal who hates Trump, who our viewers love. So what are we getting out of this?' The response he got from the network was that 'you could not touch Jennifer Griffin.' Morris noted that Griffin has an office at the Pentagon, suggesting she may be presenting bias in her coverage based on how close to her sources she is.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 22-28
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 22-28: June 22: Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 82. Journalist Brit Hume is 82. Singer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 81. Singer Howard 'Eddie' Kaylan of The Turtles is 78. Singer Todd Rundgren is 77. Singer Alan Osmond of The Osmonds is 76. Actor Meryl Streep is 76. Actor Lindsay Wagner ('The Bionic Woman') is 76. Actor Graham Greene ('Dances With Wolves') is 73. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 72. Actor Chris Lemmon ('Airport '77') is 71. Bassist Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) is 69. Bassist Garry Beers of INXS is 68. Actor Bruce Campbell ('Evil Dead,' 'The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.') is 67. Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 66. Actor Tracy Pollan ('Family Ties') is 65. Keyboardist Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat) is 64. Actor Amy Brenneman is 61. Singer Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones is 61. Singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 55. Actor Michael Trucco ('How I Met Your Mother,' 'Battlestar Galactica') is 55. Actor Mary Lynn Rajskub ('24″) is 54. TV personality Carson Daly is 52. Guitarist Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 52. Actor Donald Faison ('Scrubs') is 51. Actor Lecy Goranson ('The Connors,' 'Roseanne') is 51. Comedian Mike O'Brien ('Saturday Night Live') is 49. TV personality Jai Rodriguez ('Queer Eye for the Straight Guy') is 46. Actor Lindsay Ridgeway ('Boy Meets World') is 40. Singer Dinah Jane (Fifth Harmony) is 28. June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 85. Actor Ted Shackelford ('Knots Landing') is 79. Actor Bryan Brown ('The Thorn Birds') is 78. Actor Jim Metzler ('North and South') is 74. Former 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson is 69. Actor Frances McDormand is 68. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 63. Director Joss Whedon ('The Avengers,' ″Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.') is 61. Singer Chico DeBarge is 55. Actor Selma Blair is 53. Actor Joel Edgerton ('Loving') is 51. Singer KT Tunstall is 50. Singer Virgo Williams of Ghost Town DJs is 50. Actor Emmanuelle Vaugier ('Two and a Half Men') is 49. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 48. Actor Melissa Rauch ('The Big Bang Theory') is 45. Singer Duffy is 41. June 24: Singer Arthur Brown is 83. Actor Michele Lee is 83. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown ('The Rookies') is 82. Singer Colin Blunstone of The Zombies is 80. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 78. Actor Peter Weller is 78. Bassist John Illsley of Dire Straits is 76. Actor Nancy Allen ('RoboCop,' 'Carrie') is 75. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson of Black Uhuru is 75. Actor Joe Penny ('Jake and the Fatman,' ″Riptide') is 69. Singer-keyboardist Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is 66. Musician Siedah Garrett is 65. Actor Iain Glen ('Game of Thrones') is 64. Bassist Curt Smith of Tears for Fears is 64. Actor Danielle Spencer ('What's Happening') is 60. Actor Sherry Stringfield ('ER') is 58. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 55. Actor Carla Gallo ('Bones') is 50. Actor Amir Talai ('LA to Vegas') is 48. Actor Mindy Kaling ('The Mindy Project,' ″The Office') is 46. Actor Minka Kelly is 45. Actor Vanessa Ray ('Blue Bloods') is 44. Actor Justin Hires (2016′s 'MacGyver,' ″Rush Hour') is 40. Actor Candice Patton (TV's 'The Flash') is 40. Singer Solange Knowles is 39. Actor Max Ehrich ('The Young and the Restless,' ″Under the Dome') is 34. Actor Beanie Feldstein ('Lady Bird') is 32. June 25: Actor June Lockhart is 100. Singer Eddie Floyd is 88. Actor Barbara Montgomery ('Amen,' ″The Women of Brewster Place') is 86. Actor Mary Beth Peil ('The Good Wife,' ″Dawson's Creek') is 85. Singer Carly Simon is 82. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 78. Director-actor Michael Lembeck (directed 'Santa Clause,' acted in 'One Day at a Time') is 77. Singer Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 73. Keyboardist David Paich of Toto is 71. Actor Michael Sabatino ('NYPD Blue') is 70. Actor-comedian Ricky Gervais is 64. Actor John Benjamin Hickey ('The Big C') is 62. Actor Erica Gimpel (TV's 'Fame,' ″Profiler') is 61. Rapper Richie Rich is 58. Guitarist Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) is 54. Actor Angela Kinsey ('The Office') is 54. Bassist Mike Kroeger of Nickelback is 53. Actor Linda Cardellini ('ER,' ″Scooby Doo') is 50. Actor Busy Philipps ('ER,' ″Dawson's Creek') is 46. June 26: Jazz pianist Dave Grusin is 91. Singer Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension is 87. Singer Georgie Fame is 82. Actor Clive Francis ('The Crown') is 79. Singer Brenda Holloway is 79. Actor Michael Paul Chan ('The Closer') is 75. Actor Robert Davi ('Profiler') is 74. Musician Mick Jones of The Clash is 70. Actor Gedde Watanabe ('ER,' ″Sixteen Candles') is 70. Singer Chris Isaak is 69. Singer Patty Smyth is 68. Singer Terri Nunn of Berlin is 66. Singer Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays is 62. Guitarist Eddie Perez of The Mavericks is 57. Bassist Colin Greenwood of Radiohead is 56. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson ('Magnolia,' ″Boogie Nights') is 55. Actor Sean Hayes ('Will & Grace') is 55. Actor Matt Letscher ('Eli Stone,' ″The New Adventures of Old Christine') is 55. Actor Chris O'Donnell is 55. Actor Nick Offerman ('Parks and Recreation') is 55. Keyboardist Jeff Frankenstein of Newsboys is 51. Singer Gretchen Wilson is 51. Drummer Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon is 46. Singer Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic is 46. Actor Jason Schwartzman ('Slackers,' ″Rushmore') is 45. Actor Aubrey Plaza ('Parks and Recreation') is 41. Actor Jennette McCurdy ('iCarly') is 33. Singer-actor Ariana Grande is 32. June 27: Singer Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 83. Actor Julia Duffy ('Newhart') is 74. Actor Isabelle Adjani is 70. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 66. Writer-director J.J. Abrams ('Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' ″Alias') is 59. Singer Draco Rosa (Menudo) is 56. Actor Edward 'Grapevine' Fordham Jr. ('Battle Creek') is 55. TV personality Jo Frost ('Supernanny') is 54. Actor Yancey Arias ('Kingpin') is 54. Actor Christian Kane ('Leverage,' 'The Librarians') is 53. Actor Tobey Maguire is 50. Singer Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer is 49. Christian rock singer Zach Williams is 47. Reality star Khloe Kardashian is 41. Actor Drake Bell ('Drake and Josh') is 39. Actor Sam Claflin ('Hunger Games' films) is 39. Actor Ed Westwick ('Gossip Girl') is 38. Actor Matthew Lewis ('Harry Potter' films) is 36. Actor Madylin Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond') is 34. Singer Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony is 29. Singer H.E.R. is 28. Actor Chandler Riggs ('The Walking Dead') is 26. June 28: Comedian-director Mel Brooks is 99. Comedian John Byner is 88. Bassist Dave Knights of Procol Harum is 80. Actor Bruce Davison ('X-Men') is 79 Actor Kathy Bates is 77. Actor Alice Krige is 71. Jazz singer Tierney Sutton is 62. Guitarist-violinist Saul Davies of James is 60. Actor Jessica Hecht ('Friends,' ″The Single Guy') is 60. Actor John Cusack is 59. Actor Mary Stuart Masterson is 59. Actor Gil Bellows ('The Agency,' 'Ally McBeal') is 58. Actor Tichina Arnold ('The Neighborhood,' 'Everybody Hates Chris') is 56. Actor-songwriter Danielle Brisebois ('All in the Family') is 56. Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Sommers is 56. Actor Steve Burton ('The Young and the Restless') is 55. Bassist Tim Nordwind of OK Go is 49. Bassist Mark Stoermer of The Killers is 48. Singer and former 'American Idol' contestant Kellie Pickler is 39.
Hindustan Times
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 22-28
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 22-28: June 22: Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 82. Journalist Brit Hume is 82. Singer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 81. Singer Howard 'Eddie' Kaylan of The Turtles is 78. Singer Todd Rundgren is 77. Singer Alan Osmond of The Osmonds is 76. Actor Meryl Streep is 76. Actor Lindsay Wagner is 76. Actor Graham Greene is 73. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 72. Actor Chris Lemmon is 71. Bassist Derek Forbes is 69. Bassist Garry Beers of INXS is 68. Actor Bruce Campbell is 67. Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 66. Actor Tracy Pollan is 65. Keyboardist Jimmy Somerville is 64. Actor Amy Brenneman is 61. Singer Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones is 61. Singer Steven Page is 55. Actor Michael Trucco is 55. Actor Mary Lynn Rajskub is 54. TV personality Carson Daly is 52. Guitarist Chris Traynor is 52. Actor Donald Faison is 51. Actor Lecy Goranson is 51. Comedian Mike O'Brien is 49. TV personality Jai Rodriguez is 46. Actor Lindsay Ridgeway is 40. Singer Dinah Jane is 28. June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 85. Actor Ted Shackelford is 79. Actor Bryan Brown is 78. Actor Jim Metzler is 74. Former 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson is 69. Actor Frances McDormand is 68. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 63. Director Joss Whedon is 61. Singer Chico DeBarge is 55. Actor Selma Blair is 53. Actor Joel Edgerton is 51. Singer KT Tunstall is 50. Singer Virgo Williams of Ghost Town DJs is 50. Actor Emmanuelle Vaugier is 49. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 48. Actor Melissa Rauch is 45. Singer Duffy is 41. June 24: Singer Arthur Brown is 83. Actor Michele Lee is 83. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 82. Singer Colin Blunstone of The Zombies is 80. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 78. Actor Peter Weller is 78. Bassist John Illsley of Dire Straits is 76. Actor Nancy Allen is 75. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson of Black Uhuru is 75. Actor Joe Penny is 69. Singer-keyboardist Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is 66. Musician Siedah Garrett is 65. Actor Iain Glen is 64. Bassist Curt Smith of Tears for Fears is 64. Actor Danielle Spencer is 60. Actor Sherry Stringfield is 58. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 55. Actor Carla Gallo is 50. Actor Amir Talai is 48. Actor Mindy Kaling is 46. Actor Minka Kelly is 45. Actor Vanessa Ray is 44. Actor Justin Hires is 40. Actor Candice Patton is 40. Singer Solange Knowles is 39. Actor Max Ehrich is 34. Actor Beanie Feldstein is 32. June 25: Actor June Lockhart is 100. Singer Eddie Floyd is 88. Actor Barbara Montgomery is 86. Actor Mary Beth Peil is 85. Singer Carly Simon is 82. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 78. Director-actor Michael Lembeck is 77. Singer Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 73. Keyboardist David Paich of Toto is 71. Actor Michael Sabatino is 70. Actor-comedian Ricky Gervais is 64. Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 62. Actor Erica Gimpel is 61. Rapper Richie Rich is 58. Guitarist Sean Kelly is 54. Actor Angela Kinsey is 54. Bassist Mike Kroeger of Nickelback is 53. Actor Linda Cardellini is 50. Actor Busy Philipps is 46. June 26: Jazz pianist Dave Grusin is 91. Singer Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension is 87. Singer Georgie Fame is 82. Actor Clive Francis is 79. Singer Brenda Holloway is 79. Actor Michael Paul Chan is 75. Actor Robert Davi is 74. Musician Mick Jones of The Clash is 70. Actor Gedde Watanabe is 70. Singer Chris Isaak is 69. Singer Patty Smyth is 68. Singer Terri Nunn of Berlin is 66. Singer Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays is 62. Guitarist Eddie Perez of The Mavericks is 57. Bassist Colin Greenwood of Radiohead is 56. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is 55. Actor Sean Hayes is 55. Actor Matt Letscher is 55. Actor Chris O'Donnell is 55. Actor Nick Offerman is 55. Keyboardist Jeff Frankenstein of Newsboys is 51. Singer Gretchen Wilson is 51. Drummer Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon is 46. Singer Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic is 46. Actor Jason Schwartzman is 45. Actor Aubrey Plaza is 41. Actor Jennette McCurdy is 33. Singer-actor Ariana Grande is 32. June 27: Singer Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 83. Actor Julia Duffy is 74. Actor Isabelle Adjani is 70. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 66. Writer-director J.J. Abrams is 59. Singer Draco Rosa is 56. Actor Edward 'Grapevine' Fordham Jr. is 55. TV personality Jo Frost is 54. Actor Yancey Arias is 54. Actor Christian Kane is 53. Actor Tobey Maguire is 50. Singer Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer is 49. Christian rock singer Zach Williams is 47. Reality star Khloe Kardashian is 41. Actor Drake Bell is 39. Actor Sam Claflin is 39. Actor Ed Westwick is 38. Actor Matthew Lewis is 36. Actor Madylin Sweeten is 34. Singer Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony is 29. Singer H.E.R. is 28. Actor Chandler Riggs is 26. June 28: Comedian-director Mel Brooks is 99. Comedian John Byner is 88. Bassist Dave Knights of Procol Harum is 80. Actor Bruce Davison is 79 Actor Kathy Bates is 77. Actor Alice Krige is 71. Jazz singer Tierney Sutton is 62. Guitarist-violinist Saul Davies of James is 60. Actor Jessica Hecht is 60. Actor John Cusack is 59. Actor Mary Stuart Masterson is 59. Actor Gil Bellows is 58. Actor Tichina Arnold is 56. Actor-songwriter Danielle Brisebois is 56. Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Sommers is 56. Actor Steve Burton is 55. Bassist Tim Nordwind of OK Go is 49. Bassist Mark Stoermer of The Killers is 48. Singer and former 'American Idol' contestant Kellie Pickler is 39.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fox News' Brit Hume Scoffs At Trump's Latest Rant: 'Don't Know What' He's Talking About
Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume on Monday pushed back at Donald Trump's recent claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin had 'gone absolutely CRAZY.' In a Sunday social media post, Trump wrote that he'd 'always had a very good relationship' with Putin — with whom he is attempting to broker peace over Russia's invasion of Ukraine — but claimed 'something has happened to him' after Russia launched a huge new, weekend assault on its neighbor. Hume dismissed the notion that Putin's behavior had changed. Trump 'has always had a very odd conception of Vladimir Putin,' Hume said. 'I think he's thought that he and Putin could be kind of friends and partners, and could make deals together.' Trump has for years talked about his admiration for his counterpart. 'I don't know what the president's talking about,' Hume continued. 'This is the way Putin has always been. He's always been a particularly brutal dictator, willing to take whatever measures he thought necessary to advance his interest, whatever he thought he could get away with.' Hume added: 'He's the same old Vladimir Putin.' Perhaps Trump had experienced 'a real moment of truth' about the Russian leader, said Hume, who urged Trump to act accordingly, possibly by leveraging U.S. military or economic might — including increasing arms to Ukraine — to help 'turn the tide' of the conflict which he promised during his 2024 campaign to end on his very first day back in office, but has so far failed to do. Watch Hume's comments here: Harvard's Laurence Tribe Delivers Unflinching Message To Foreign Students In Trump Crosshairs New York Post Warns Trump How He's Burning Out Even His Biggest Fans Conservative Legal Icon's Chilling Trump Admission: 'I Don't Know Where This Ends...'
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Top Fox Analyst Hammers Trump's ‘Very Odd' Putin Tactic
Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume on Monday suggested Donald Trump has long been deluded about Vladimir Putin but has hopefully had a 'moment of truth' about the Russian president. 'The president has always had a very odd conception of Vladimir Putin,' the conservative commentator said. 'I think he's thought that he and Putin could be kind of friends and partners, and could make deals together and so on.' 'I don't think Putin has changed. I don't know what the president's talking about. This is the way Putin has always been,' he added. 'He's always been a particularly brutal dictator willing to take whatever measures he thought necessary to advance his interest, whatever he thought he could get away with.' 'He's the same old Vladimir Putin. So I hope the president has had ... a real moment of truth about him, and will proceed accordingly,' he added, noting that the U.S. could apply economic or military leverage—supplying Ukraine with more arms—to help 'turn the tide.' Hume's comments follow a wild weekend tirade from Trump amid escalating Russian attacks on Ukraine and stalled ceasefire talks, just a week after Trump and Putin held a two-hour call. Trump on Sunday claimed in a Truth Social post he had 'always had a very good relationship' with Putin, but 'something has happened to him.' 'He has gone absolutely CRAZY!' Trump wrote. The president, who has long claimed to have a friendly relationship with the authoritarian leader, boasted on the campaign trail that he would end Russia's war on Ukraine in a day. His failure to do so after more than four months in office seems to be getting under his skin. While he's so far avoided applying meaningful economic pressure on Moscow, he said Sunday he was 'absolutely' considering additional sanctions. The Kremlin responded to Trump's weekend outburst with a statement suggesting the comments might be the result of 'emotional overload' during 'a very crucial moment.' Trump admitted last month it's possible that maybe Putin 'doesn't want to stop the war'—and has perhaps been 'tapping me along.'
