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Veteran DC Reporter's Over-The-Top Dramatic Report About A Car Being Vandalized Has Twitter LOLing
A car owner in Washington D.C. was horrified to see her car had been vandalized with graffiti indicating "Mike is a cheater."
She had no idea who "Mike" was.
On Sunday, Nedra Brantley discovered the damage done to her red Mitsubishi Outlander Sport that had the spray-painted message denouncing whoever this "Mike" was on the hood and on both sides of the vehicle.
Even the side windows had been snapped off and the front and back windshields were smashed.
And while the extensive damage as a result of a mistaken identity case was no laughing matter, the news report video circulating on Twitter went viral because of the very dramatic reporting by NBC4's Pat Collins.
See what social media users are howling over by watching the news clip, below.
"You're Nedra Brantly," asked Collins, to which Brantly confirmed she was.
And when he continued, "Is your name 'Mike?'" she shook her head and told him, "no, it's not."
Collins then animatedly asked:
"Have you ever gone out with somebody named Mike?"
"Do you know anybody named Mike?"
She continued shaking her head and told Collins she neither went out with a Mike nor knew a person by that name who might be tied to this particular incident.
When asked about her initial response to discovering the devastation, Brantly told the reporter:
"I screamed. I'm surprised nobody in the neighborhood heard me, because I screamed so, so loud, because I didn't expect this would happen."
Collins assessed the damaged SUV and showed viewers the three shattered points of impact on the front windshield.
"Boom, boom, boom," he said while physically simulating with his fist how the vandal might have smashed the windshield.
Collins finished the interview by addressing the targeted heartbreaker.
"Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. See what you've done. I don't know who you are. I don't know where you are. But you may want to start changing your ways or changing your name."
ICYMI: A vandal with a bone to pick spray-painted “Mike is a cheater" on an SUV parked in Northeast D.C.
But it wasn't Mike's car. https://t.co/GQuUajUg8c pic.twitter.com/NZh4aIFtSm
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) November 18, 2021
Meanwhile, over on Twitter, many who are familiar with Collins' passionate reporting were happy to see him get the exposure online he deserves.
I am CRYYYYYING 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Nobody tells a story like Pat Collins @patcollins4 ! #JournoLife pic.twitter.com/xl8hIJvx47
— Nicki Mayo (@nickimayonews) November 16, 2021
@LoveThePuck Pat is an NBC4 institution along with George Michael, Arch Campbell and the great Jim Vance. 😂
— Marlowe (@LoLo_DCraised) November 18, 2021
I'm so glad folks across the country are finding out about Pat Collins. 😂❤️ https://t.co/o6gkZcuK0r
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) November 18, 2021
Imma tell you Pat Collins is the BEST reporter in the country PERIOD. I said what I said 💯🤷🏾♂️
— El Blaga (@DCSnext44) November 18, 2021
I love it every time Pat Collins is the reporter❤️ He always gives me a smile and a good laugh! I always enjoy watching the short Xmas part he doesn't every Xmas and can't wait to watch it again this year❤️🎄
— Coollatiaslatios (@pikachusandile8) November 18, 2021
Users couldn't help but continue commenting on Collins' spirited coverage.
Drop the Mixtape already!#BARS pic.twitter.com/8cmV5p5Afd
— 💎🤲 AMPd ⬆️ (@WilllyWest) November 18, 2021
Love Pat Collins @patcollins4 reporting, and I love that the rest of the Nation is seeing this too!
As a reminder: pic.twitter.com/zWHpefeg8R
— Mike O - yup, me (@GoTwitYourTweet) November 19, 2021
His movements remind me of the zelda cdi games pic.twitter.com/Uxse0Cx09c
— holylawndart (@Holy_lawndart) November 20, 2021
This part killed me pic.twitter.com/FfErvoguem
— TeeJay (@Tijjani_ahmad) November 20, 2021
shakespeare could NEVER pic.twitter.com/vRWAvmqIpe
— reni 🦌 (@reniadeb) November 19, 2021
Omg I have officially been living under a rock since I moved here not knowing local news had a thespian/ journalist of the highest caliber @patcollins4
— Maria de los Angeles aka @heartcenteredmaria (@vicequeenmaria) November 19, 2021
Pat Collins going to find out who Mike is. If he is reporting on it, the person who did it and Mike will be found.
— Don (@DonDcCole) November 19, 2021
Lmao why homeboy gesticulate like prime Loaded Lux
— Logy Buckworth (@IAmTheAyology) November 19, 2021
Brantley said she is working with her insurance company to cover the damage.
She is currently waiting to hear from police officers about any updates about the scorned vandal.