Sean Hannity Asks Juan Williams: “What’s Wrong With Racial Profiling?”

It would have been a lot of fun to be on Sean Hannity‘s show last night. During its “Great American Panel” segment, a discussion about airport security led inevitably to a discussion of Fergie’s recent experience with a body scanner—which spurred Juan Williams to possibly make Fox history by uttering the phrase “lady lumps” on air. Williams’s comment sparked both laughter and an observation from Hannity, that he had “lost all control of the panel.” And then Hannity had an unfortunate slip of the tongue that only made the segment sillier.

After the actor Vince Curatola, one of Hannity’s panelists, recalled being searched even as TSA agents told him that they loved his work on The Sopranos, Hannity accidentally dropped a bomb: “What’s wrong with racial profiling?” he asked. Williams didn’t miss a beat: “What’s wrong with racial profiling?” he parroted incredulously, turning to Curatola as both began to crack up.

Hannity quickly corrected himself: “What’s wrong with profiling? I didn’t mean racial.” After that, things pretty much returned to normal. The clip up until that point, though, is incredibly entertaining; watch the laugh-filled segment below.

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