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Katie Zacharia is OUT as WH Press Sec.

Hammer + Nigel Show Podcast

October 19, 2026

Katie Zacharia resigns after just five days of being the new White House Press Secretary.

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SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

You were gone on Friday. One of the biggest stories we had was the very short tenure of White House Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia.

SPEAKER_2 (0:09)

Yeah, man, what happened?

SPEAKER_1 (0:10)

We had to say sayonara to Zacharia on Friday.

And it's a total bummer because she's really hot. That's a shame. I mean, I'm a red-blooded American man. I feel like it's okay to point out the fact that she is a well-assembled woman. That may have been part of the point of that appointment.

She, on paper, had the qualifications, had the resume. Because when everybody was just jumping on her right away, I felt like I had to rush in and say, hold on, her resume looks like it holds up. But then we found out that maybe the resume wasn't the resume. Is that right? She claimed she was a lawyer. Some people will argue that, but she spoke like she was a lawyer, but she never passed the bar exam. So because of that, we put this little tribute together for The Hammer and Nigel Show.

SPEAKER_2 (1:02)

I practice corporate law and practice law as a corporate lawyer.

SPEAKER_1 (1:07)

That's not totally true.

SPEAKER_2 (1:08)

Practice corporate law, especially as a lawyer and a former corporate lawyer. We both know that's not totally true. I mean, I am a lawyer and I'm a rigorous researcher. That's not totally true.

SPEAKER_1 (1:38)

For those who watch that on the YouTube stream, you just saw Dr. Evil dancing for you.

I almost fell, I lost my balance doing that. Now let's go back to Katie Zacharia. Yes, hot. But not a lawyer, that's what we've learned, right? The shortest tenure for a press secretary ever, I think. The mooch outlasted her, the mooch.

Here's another tribute to the shortest tenured White House press secretary in US history.

SPEAKER_2 (2:13)

I am so I'm... so honored as a new White House Press Secretary.

SPEAKER_1 (2:19)

And will absolutely be leading the way. Really?

SPEAKER_2 (2:23)

With that. So my president, excuse me, my husband.

I will take your questions. You did not pass the bar exam, correct? Correct. Ask to resign? And with that, I'll have to get back to you on that.

SPEAKER_1 (2:56)

Oh, man, pour a little out. It's The Hammer and Nigel Show.

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