Footage released Thursday shows Britt McHenry, a press advisor at the U.S. State Department under President Donald Trump, being ejected from an NBA game after throwing a beer at a fan on her way out, as spectators in her section showered her with boos.

The video, published by TMZ, captures McHenry leaving the Washington Wizards' home opener — the team's first home game of the new NBA season — amid a confrontation with other fans, tossing her drink at one attendee as security escorted her from the arena.

According to TMZ, there may be additional context behind the incident. "Sources close to Britt tell TMZ there's more to the story ... claiming people sitting behind her and her male guest were making inappropriate comments about Kyle Kuzma's fiancée, Winnie Harlow ... and Britt responded. Kuzma used to play for the Wizards and now plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, their opponent in Wednesday's game. Our sources don't recall exactly what prompted Britt to throw the drink, but say it was part of the confrontation ... and claim things were thrown at her, too. They also claim the group behind them were saying inappropriate and misogynistic things to Britt to instigate her."

Harlow is a Canadian fashion model who first drew wide attention as a contestant on the reality series "America's Next Top Model." Neither the Wizards organization nor the State Department is quoted in the reports cited, leaving open whether either will address the episode.

Attendees made their displeasure unmistakable as McHenry was led out. The footage shows her departing under a chorus of boos while garbage was hurled in her direction. She was later captured on camera arguing with a security guard who was directing her to leave the building.

McHenry joined Trump's State Department in September, taking on the role of press advisor after previous stints as an ESPN correspondent and a Fox Nation commentator. The episode places a sitting administration press official at the center of a viral arena moment, drawing renewed attention to her pivot from broadcast journalism to government communications. According to the Daily Mail, the appointment marks the latest chapter in a turbulent media career that has repeatedly seen McHenry entangled in high-profile workplace scandals and legal battles.

She spent three years as a Washington, D.C.-based reporter for ESPN until she was fired in 2017 during a massive wave of company layoffs. Her tenure there was not without controversy: in 2015, McHenry made headlines when she was suspended after security footage caught her berating a towing company clerk, telling the employee, "Maybe if I was missing some teeth, they would hire me, huh?" She later issued an apology, admitting that she "allowed my emotions to get the best of me."

Following her ESPN exit, McHenry shifted toward right-wing political commentary, making appearances on Fox News Media and Fox 5 DC. In 2019, she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News and co-host George "Tyrus" Murdoch, accusing him of sending sexually explicit text messages and claiming the network retaliated against her after she raised the issue. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed by both parties in 2021 after reaching a confidential settlement.