Fox News Show Gets Awkward After Host Asks Chris Wallace the Cost of His Talking-While-Driving Ticket

As we mentioned on Thursday, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace was pulled over for talking on his cellphone while doing a radio interview for a St. Louis station (hear the audio here). At the time he said was about to get arrested, but instead he just got a ticket. On Friday, he joined the crew of "Fox & Friends" to lightheartedly discuss the issue. But instead of being fun, things turned awkward.

It all started when the show started playing siren noises. Wallace, who had opened by trying to be a good sport as the show forced him to listen to the audio on live TV, didn't take kindly to that.

"Can you drop the sirens? Please drop the sirens," Wallace pleaded. Then he explained what happened:

“I was running a little late. I have a regular [radio interview] at 9:37 with our affiliate in St. Louis. I was talking to them. I couldn't pull over because it was street where there was no--. As soon as I made the turn, I pulled over. But a policeman saw me and he came up behind and he said, ‘you're on your cell phone,’ “I said, ‘I was talking on the radio.’ He said, ‘I don’t care’ – as he shouldn’t have – and he gave me a ticket.”

“What was it,” asked Carlson. “How much?”

“You know, I kind of feel like I’ve said everything I need to say, Gretchen,” replied Wallace.

Carlson tried to save face by saying they were just trying to have "fun." But after the crew moved on to other topics, they eventually came back and Wallace said, again slightly awkwardly, that he knew the hosts were going to pan him and hinted that he wasn't looking forward to it. Oh, and the show rewarded him by playing the sound of a jail cell closing.

You can watch most of the awkward banter below via Mediaite: