TORONTO

Who’s laughing now?

Two days after a local TV reporter turned her mic on a group of obnoxious Toronto FC fans, MLSE confirmed Tuesday it’s hunting down the distasteful supporters, who could face lifetime bans from all MLSE events.

CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt — tired of being harassed on the job — barked back when an unidentified TFC fan yelled “f--- her right in the p----” into her mic outside BMO Field in the aftermath of Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Houston.

“What if your mom saw you?” Hunt asked a different man on Mother’s Day.

The man, later identified as Shawn Simoes, replied with a bellowing laugh: “My mom would die laughing.”

But with cops, the Crown and MLSE now involved, things might not be as humorous.

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“This is what I want out there: It has been going on for nearly two years, sometimes numerous times a day,” Hunt told the Toronto Sun. “Sometimes it’s just someone shouting it as they drive by. Most of the time I’m not live on-air, it’s any time you have a microphone in your hands.”

Hunt added: “This was the moment. (It was time) to take a stand.”

“Appalled” after seeing Hunt’s video go viral Tuesday, MLSE confirmed it isn’t taking the situation lightly.

“We are working to identify the individuals,” MLSE said in a release. “And when we do, they will be banned from all of our facilities.”

Toronto Police contacted Hunt early Tuesday to gather more information as they work with the Crown on possible charges.

The “f--- her right in the p----” prank isn’t unique. Reporters across Toronto have been targeted similarly for years, according to Hunt.

“Before we can open an investigation, we would need a complainant to come forward,” said Toronto Police spokesman Meaghan Gray. “There have been multiple incidents. I wouldn’t want to speculate on the outcome, but it would depend on each circumstance.”

In this case, Hunt was attempting to conduct a post-game interview when a yet-to-be identified fan shouted the vulgar phrase.

Hunt almost immediately turned the mic on a nearby TFC fan who admitted his group was waiting to do the same thing.

“Are you actually filming this?” the man, whose identity has not been confirmed, responded.

That’s when Hunt took matters into her own hands.

“I get this every single day, 10 times a day, by rude guys like you,” Hunt told him. “When you talk into my microphone and say that into my camera to viewers at the station I work at, it’s disrespectful and degrading to me.”

When asked to explain their conduct, Simoes didn’t show remorse.

“You’re lucky there’s not a f------ vibrator in your ear like in England because it happens all the time,” Simoes answered.

Support has since poured in for Hunt and MLSE, which reached out to apologize to the CityNews reporter and has vowed to provide more security for female reporters at all of its facilities and events.

“We had been talking about doing a story on this,” Hunt said. “This has become a normal part of our day. From my experience, it’s only men who say this to me.”

The men involved Sunday likely regret not walking away.

“We had their names the whole time, but we chose not to release them,” Hunt said. “The point was to have this conversation. (Simoes’ mother) is probably not laughing. I don’t think any mother would find that funny.”

To answer the original question: Nobody.