Don Lemon fell out of his chair and rolled on the ground laughing at a car-crash joke aimed at Bhad Bhabie.
The journalist posted a 19-second clip on October 12 built around the rapper’s exchange with streamers at the scene of Le Vaughn’s car crash. The split-screen pairs Lemon’s reaction with footage of Bhabie, who later said she had arrived after the wreck. The joke changes her old “Cash me outside” catchphrase into “Crash me outside.” Bhabie questions the timing of the remark, then challenges the people filming about how they earn a living. The original footage shows Bhabie wearing a white outfit and a leopard-print headscarf, holding up her phone while standing in front of a white Bentley.
The phrase behind the joke dates to her September 2016 appearance on Dr. Phil. Bhabie, born Danielle Bregoli, was 13 when she challenged audience members who were jeering at her. She had already voiced frustration with that label years before this roadside encounter.
In a February 2018 interview, she acknowledged that the attention had helped her, while objecting to how firmly people tied her to the moment.