Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams was caught on camera unleashing a profanity-laced retort at a woman on a Dallas jet bridge, telling her, Go f*ck yourself during a tense confrontation that has since spread widely online.
The incident, filmed by another passenger and first posted to Reddit, shows Adams and a masked woman trading insults as they exit a flight from New York to Texas. According to Mediaite, the video begins mid-argument, with the woman taunting him, Eric Adams, please punch me in the face. I would like if you punched me in the face.
Adams, who has faced mounting criticism over his leadership and priorities, shot back, Go f*ck yourself, Im not the mayor anymore. The woman responded, F*ck you, prompting Adams to lean in and warn, Youre gonna see the Brooklyn in me, before she pushed past him and continued down the jet bridge.
Adams spokesperson Todd Shapiro later attempted to downplay the episode, insisting that Adams is now a private citizen and was harassed. Shapiro further argued that the viral clip was selectively edited and missing critical context, a familiar refrain when public figures are caught on camera in unguarded moments.
The confrontation came just one day after Adams promoted a new cryptocurrency initiative he claims will combat antisemitism, a project that briefly surged in value before suffering a dramatic crash. For many observers, the episode underscores how quickly public officials, even out of office, can abandon restraint, and how modern political culture rewards provocation over civility, especially when the cameras are rolling.
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