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Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace Pulled Over During Radio Interview: ‘I’m About to Get Arrested’

This is awkward and slightly embarrassing. But it has a better ending than what it seems.

Fox News host Chris Wallace was giving a radio interview to Jamie Allman of  97.1 FM in St. Louis on Thursday. But partway through, he ended it abruptly. Why? Because he was getting pulled over.

(Related: Fox show gets awkward after host asks Wallace how much his ticket cost)

“Jamie, I’m going to have a problem here,” Wallace interrupted. “I‘m talking to you on a cell phone and there’s a policeman here. And I probably shouldn’t have been talking on the cell phone. So, ah, I’m about to get arrested. Good bye.”

You can listen to the audio below via Gateway Pundit:

But before you go claiming excessive police force, Fox News told Mediate that Wallace was not, in fact, arrested. That means he was likely just being hyperbolic. We don’t even know if he was issued or ticket, or if the phone was even the reason he was pulled over.

But it sure made for great radio.

Comments (97)

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  • Its_coming
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:23pm

    tsk tsk tsk

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 5:19pm

      Maybe they should put his head on a pike for talking while driving. That would show ‘em..

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    • turkey13
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 5:28pm

      The company I retired from has a no talking on cell phone policy while driving the company car. If you get a ticket or have an accident while talking on a cell phone, you are automatically terminated.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 8:02pm

      Poor baby…try being a professional driver (with a Commercial Drivers License) and see your Constitutional rights go away almost completely!

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    • scruffycat
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 12:24am

      This little number is going out to Chris Wallace, the highway menace of the Eastern Seaboard.
      Here comes Junior Brown and his song called: “Highway Patrol”. Take it away Junior…
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M

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    • lukerw
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 7:05am

      Chis… was caught… Impersonating a Journalist again!

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:29am

      lukerw
      Misstaken identity they thought he was from CNN or MSNBC

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    • Independent4233
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:54am

      Maybe they should Zimmerize him and charge him with murder.

      If Angela Corey’s ugly face entered the situation, that’s what she would advise.

      I mean if she can take time off from starring in the new movie, “Bride of Frankenstein.”

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    • hotteamakers
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:39am

      All Of Them Should Be Arrested

      He should be shipped off to GITMO for water boarding.

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  • Polwatcher
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:20pm

    Wallace never draws blood interviewing libs, only conservatives. Some people are good drivers and some not. Cellphone, eating, drinking (coffee or soda), kids riding, smoking, and the radio are all distractions and can be dangerous. The libs will outlaw all of these and happily arrest us daily for anything if we let them keep making excessively strict laws. Driving can be dangerous. We must be careful.

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    • Mike N
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:44pm

      .
      I like most of your last two sentences . . . LIBs can be dangerous. We must be careful.
      .

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    • skippy6
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:03pm

      They will make all laws you break a felony to take your guns away…..It’s all about power and control just like POTUS…..

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    • SolitudeBliss
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:57pm

      Running with scissors is dangerous, playing with knives is dangerous. It’s called Natural Selection. If a person is too dumb to pay attention while driving we can only hope that that person only takes him/herself out and no one else. Besides, life is too short to be so paranoid about every little thing. When your time’s up, it’s up.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:20pm

    I hope he was arrested for impersonating a conservative.

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    • KeithOlberdink
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:56pm

      HAHA! Good one. So true.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:41pm

      Ya- Magen Kelly leans a little left also along with Bill O and Greta . Fox is becoming liberal light.

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    • Patriot of My America
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:22pm

      No Doubt, Wallace is a farce and an insult to my singular thinking of Patriotism , and a total RINO . I am also agape that Sean Hannity even allows that eye rolling Juan Williams to be on his segment. Just like the idiot Holms, Whom was blown off. What is it with FOX news that allows these talking morons to even be on the air. Fair and balanced is horse hockey. Juan Williams is there just to make Hannity look more intelligent. But I am seriously sick and tired of listening to that eye ball rolling total idiot,
      Hannity needs to remove that fool from the show, just like that fat suspender wearing Becker. I have a full dose liberal lie’s every day from all points. Puking here in the Socialist state of Illinois…

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  • NO_MORE_OBAMA
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:15pm

    The police are nothing more than tax collectors ………………

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    • blackyb
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 5:00pm

      That is more right than many think. It will get worse.

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  • Flayer
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:07pm

    Please! If you can‘t talk on a phone while driving down a freeway then you shouldn’t be allowed to drive. If your cell phone use results in “distracted driving” then there’s a law for that. Reckless driving is reckless driving whether the reason is texting or fiddling with the radio or eating or putting on makeup. Why should drivers who are driving safely while on the phone be punished for all those who cannot walk and chew gum at the same time? Ridiculous nannies.

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    • infortheride
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:17pm

      I drive over 5K a month. People on cell phone, even on the highway are dangerous. I have seen too many results of cell phone drivers and none of them were pretty.

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    • Belchfire V-8
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:24pm

      Blue Tooth

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    • RejectFalseIcons
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:40pm

      Because you can monetize minor infractions much more easily than a broad “reckless driving” charge, which carries court costs and other elements of due process. Follow the money.

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    • rpa49
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 4:00am

      @Flayer

      I agree with you whole-heartedly! Reckless driving should be the catch all for all these other ridiculous, politically motivated laws. You see, a politician can make their voters feel like he/she has listened to them AND done something about their grip of the day. They could care less about how complex they are making it for the cops to write a ticket for the correct infraction, now easy they make it for defense lawyers to exploit these complexities, or how much work in the way of meetings, hearings, drafts, resolutions, ordinances and all the labor costs involved in this bureacracy at tax-payer expense.
      The K.I.S.S method of “keeping it simple, stupid” has obviously fallen on deaf ears.

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  • Magyar
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:05pm

    I don’t trust him–never did! He’s an OWEbama boy–no doubt about it.

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  • GrumpyCat
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:05pm

    Clearly there is nothing sacred that One More Law could not fix!

    Henceforth everyone traveling in a moving motorized vehicle must wear tape over their mouths.

    Drivers must not only wear seatbelts but must tie both hands to the steering wheel.

    See! Problem solved!

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  • olddog
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:04pm

    I hate to see people with a phone stuck up to their ear and driving with one hand, they always cause some type of problem. You can buy a bluetooth for as little as $15.00 and use both hands to drive..

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  • dschwarpa
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:58pm

    Reason #497,734 of 1,000,000 ways to be criminalized in this country. The average person probably is breaking a dozen laws a day, they just don’t know it.. Soon to be added to the list, breathing, owning a fossil fuel burning car, and speaking your mind.

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    • miamisammy
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:09pm

      Exactly. In practical terms, Anarchy is not the absence of written down laws (ice skaters in a skating rink organize themselves just fine with no rules on which direction and speed to skate).
      Anarchy is when there is an overabundance of poorly worded, overly broad regulations piled layer upon layer such that the government can always find something to use to persecute someone they don’t like.

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    • Fatheroftwo
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:34pm

      There is one law that nearly every person of driving age is breaking with full knowledge and that is the speed limit!!

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  • Chris
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:51pm

    All politics and “talking headedness” aside… I ride a motorcycle 160 miles a day to and from work and I’m active duty… Having to commute that far 5 days a week hurts especially when I’m enlisted and struggling to pay my bills, support my family and commute that far with gas prices the way they are… But seeing ANYONE talking on a cellphone while I’m riding is like a personal offense to me in regards to my safety. Being in the Navy is rough enough now a days without the added worry of if, or not, I’ll make it home to my family because someone just COULD NOT WAIT to stop to have that phone conversation while they were doing the mundane activity of driving their 4,000+ pound chunk of plastic and steel down the road… But If it were up to me… Cell phone while driving = Arrest for willful endangerment of the public. And I HATE new laws… But I would vote for that one in a second.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:02pm

      My commutes on the bike are short, but I still get close to being taken out at least once every few weeks. But, I will put much of the blame on myself for choosing to ride amongst a country of complete dolts.

      Just today at lunch I had a dude stopped coming up on my left, looked right at me and pulled out (thankfully slowly) about 40 feet from me, giving me time to stop – almost without locking up the rear tire. Strange thing is, if it isn’t complete idiocy responsible for this, explain why my 27 years of driving cars and trucks has never seen me even come close to taking out a cyclist???

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:08pm

      Chris
      I agree, it’s bad enough trying to avoid knuckleheads on cellphones while driving a car. I always give wide berth to motorcycles. You never know what will happen. My dad always said to give a lot of room to people walking on the side of the road, because you never know what they will do.
      People walking to places is not something I see much anymore. I used to walk everywhere when I was younger.

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  • stix_n_stones
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:42pm

    hmmm they should ban all conversations in the car. texting and driving is the problem not talking.

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  • ops4freep
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:40pm

    Chris have FOX budget a wireless ear piece for you lol.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 1:48pm

      That is a good idea. I don‘t own a cell phone so don’t know alot about distraction etc. but if there is a law on the books, don’t do it while driving. Here in Mt. many cities are giving warnings & then when the law is in affect, issue fines.
      Chris Wallace is such a gentleman. Encore is going to show one of my all time favorite movies, “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”, 1969, a remake of a movie about a dedicated schoolmaster that falls in love with a “complete-opposite” woman…starring Peter O’toole & Petula Clark (singer-”Down-Town”)…the ending is sad but moving right along….Chris is like the dedicated schoolmaster & don’t know that much about his wife, but I think she has “complimented” Chris and makes him “less-serious”. Love Chris’s reaction when the DesperateHouseWife actress KNOWS CHRIS & really likes him…classic reservered & shy Chris to be COMPLETELY speechless!!!
      Gretchen is like a Doris Day…..the”lovable-blond-guy” is like the neighbor of that loud bus driver in the old tv series…and last but not least, Brian is like a good-looking/funny Tony Curtis. I rocked-out with Def Leppard this a.m…..I love to wake-up with the “3” and their show is filled with news & fun. Some say, “get-a-life”..well being retired, I can enjoy my home & entertainment.
      Have a great day, America!!!

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  • teddyc73
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:38pm

    There are so many hateful people on this website. I thought Blaze readers where better then this.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:24pm

    hes disposable and easily replaceable no big deal.

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    • scuba13
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:40pm

      But your stupidity isn’t .

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    • Individualism
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 4:04pm

      Faux News = MSNBC

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 8:29pm

      @Idiotvidualism

      How come all you Ron Paul fans aren’t posting on the “5th grade sex lessons” or the “Boy Scout” issue telling all of us how Dr. Ron Paul (obstetrician/gynecologist) will fix all these issues once he becomes POTUS? Don’t you RP fans or Ron Paul himself, care about the Children? I guess not.

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  • TommyGuns
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:24pm

    If you want sympathy Chris, look in the dictionary between sh*t and syphilis. I’m a fan, but you should know better. Way too many accidents and just bad driving are caused by people multi-tasking. You could have pulled over to the side of the road and taken care of your business.

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  • phrogdriver
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:23pm

    I lost a lot of respect for Wallace when he asked Michelle bachman if she was a flake.

    He never would have dared ask Obama if he was a marxist.

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  • thegoldman
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:02pm

    Life’s a bitch…

    Too bad !

    No Sympathy here for him !

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    • marhee9
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:17pm

      I have to agree, I have no sympathy for him either.

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  • Falcon67
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:01pm

    I hope Chris is not in trouble with DC cops. I don’t want him to be fired from FNC. Love his show.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:58pm

    I hope the cop snatched that little closet lefty outa the car and clubbed him like a baby seal….couldn’t stand his ole man either…. Mike the tyrant lovin commie Wallace….lib turds

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  • nobull14
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:56pm

    Chris you should have know better !!!! I hate when you see people driving there car and not paying attention too the road and whats going on around them . a lot of accidents are caused this way

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  • jp2feminist
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:56pm

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/stephen-gutowski/2011/02/18/abc-s-outrageous-1991-undercover-probe-crisis-pregnancy-centers

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  • jp2feminist
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:55pm

    Chris Wallace is not a “good guy”. Did you ever see the hatchet job he did on crisis pregnancy centers when he was a lowly reporter? I would NOT trust him!

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  • oriondma05
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:48pm

    I like Wallace, he’s a good guy. Wallace, Charles Krauthammer, Eric Bolling, Steve Doocey, and Greg Gutfeld are about the only people left on Fox that I like. Well for the guys. Like most of the ladies.

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  • HorseCrazy
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:48pm

    I love how the police beg for more money constantly when all they do is ticket law abiding folks in this illegal everything nation. maybe stop criminals not the guys on the phone. this is ridiculous

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  • salvawhoray
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 2:47pm

    Get off the damn phone and pay attention to the road.

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