As if ABC News needed another embarrassment. David Muir’s seeming vanity was unfortunately on full display while covering the deadly Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday. The “World News Tonight” anchor had a tone-deaf on-air fashion faux pas when he accidentally revealed to the camera that he had clothespins cinching the back of his official-looking flame-retardant jacket for a better fit while broadcasting live during the catastrophe.

Megyn Kelly accused ABC News anchor David Muir of “abject vanity” after he was seen using clothespins to tailor his yellow fire jacket while reporting Wednesday from the Los Angeles-area wildfires. “Why is he wearing a pretend fireman’s jacket to begin with?

Megyn Kelly ripped into ABC News' David Muir on Thursday for showing his "abject vanity" when he decided to cinch his "fake fireman's jacket" he wore while reporting on the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.

ABC anchor David Muir was mocked on social media for using wooden clothespins to style his flame-retardant jacket while reporting from the scene of the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. During a standup shot across the street from charred rubble in the Palisades area on Wednesday,

A source told The National News Desk the clothespins were used for practical reasons and had 'nothing to do with David asking for anything.'

A TOP news anchor has been branded a “pathetic narcissist” after he was caught pinning his firefighter’s jacket to look more butch during a Los Angeles wildfire broadcast.

During an "ABC World News Tonight" report on Wednesday from the scene of the devastating fires, anchor Muir could be seen wearing a yellow fireproof jacket with the ABC News logo