Fox News host Dana Perino broke cable news etiquette by calling a gator-wielding Florida man an “asshole” while live on the air.

“Oh my gosh,” Perino exclaimed after seeing footage of the Florida man chasing around customers at a conviencence store while holding the reptile with its jaw taped shut. “What an asshole!”

Her co-hosts were a little surprised, to put it mildly.

“He’s terrorizing people,” Perino said. “No honestly, that is bad, and I’m sorry I just said that, but I mean.”

Perino did apologize to her mom for cussing on air, issuing the following tweet this afternoon:

Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich went on to say that she’s “never heard Dana say that before.”

I was crying too! Hahaha https://t.co/fjM9JrLFGJ — Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 31, 2018

As for Robby Stratton — the gator-wielding man in question — the Fox News hosts went on to report he was “blackout drunk at the time” of the incident. Local news outlets reported that authorities are investigating the matter.

Watch above, via Fox News.

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