Good Morning America co-host Lara Spencer is catching a lot of heat for a photo she posted to Instagram, which appears to show her sitting on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s lap.
Since she dressed up as Trump for Halloween on the morning show, she originally captioned her photo on Tuesday, “Can’t beat having the REAL DonaldJTrump on #goodmorningamerica. :).” However, she had to explain it after getting backlash on social media.
“Let’s clear this up – I’m standing next to Donald Trump,” she said of the intimate photo. “Said a quick hello and welcomed him to the GMA studio for first time since he announced his candidacy.”
The photo shows both of them with big smiles in an embrace, with Trump’s hand around her waist. Since the bottom of the photo is cut off, it looks like she’s cuddling up to him on his lap.
There were comments like “How can any woman respect this man with all the vile things he has said about women?” and “This is so unprofessional. A real journalist would never post a picture that would seem show to show partiality toward a candidate,” although other people defended her.