CNN’s famed conflict correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, is being mocked for claiming she’s petrified of touring to the US — and even wants burner telephones and different prep “as if I was going to North Korea.”
The British-born journalist, who has coated conflict zones extensively all through her profession, revealed that she spoke to CNN safety and carried a burner telephone when she traveled to the US final month to present an deal with at Harvard College.
“I must say I was afraid. I’m a foreigner. I don’t have a green card. I’m not an American citizen. I’m fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea,” Amanpour mentioned Wednesday on her “The Ex Files” podcast, which she hosted along with her ex-husband, James Rubin — a former State Division official.
“I took a burner phone, Jamie. Imagine that, James.”
The anchor, 67, famous she spoke with the lefty community’s safety staff earlier than setting off to the US after listening to tales of foreigners being stopped for “hours and hours” within the wake of President Trump being elected.
“I even talked to the CNN security person because of this,” she mentioned, saying that she’s heard even “British citizens are being stopped at the border and questioned for hours and hours and hours.”
Amanpour — a famend overseas correspondent who coated the Iraq, Persian Gulf and Bosnian wars — later acknowledged that her journey went off and not using a hitch.
“So, huge sigh of relief I breathed, but wow, can you imagine if I’m afraid, what do others think?” she mentioned.
The backlash in opposition to her was swift on social media — with many mocking her journey fears given her in depth background in conflict zones.
“Don’t visit. We will survive,” one particular person wrote on X.
“CNN’s Christiane Amanpour is free to remain wherever she feels safe. Feel afraid to travel to America, then don’t come here. Simple,” one other griped.
One person bluntly mentioned: “Then stay in England.”
