July 26, 2016

Legend: Rude Sean Hannity gets booed right out of Wawa in Philly

Source claims conservative pundit cut in line and bashed Black Lives Matter

By Michael Tanenbaum
PhillyVoice Staff

Matt McDermott/Twitter

Sean Hannity spotted at Center City Wawa on Monday, July 25, 2016.

Conservative radio pundit and Fox News host Sean Hannity came to Philadelphia presumably to stain the Democratic National Convention.

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Instead, he seems to have disrespected the region's favorite convenience store and gratuitously insulted African-Americans, thereby staining his own reputation.

At least that's the story according to a few different sources, led by Twitter satirist E. Mo Black.

There's documented proof that Hannity was at the Wawa on Broad and Walnut streets in Center City at some point on Monday night.

Update: @seanhannity VERY confused by the ordering process in Wawa. #DemConvention pic.twitter.com/6mPoqbH462
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) July 26, 2016

Unfortunately, the man who took this picture left before Hannity allegedly lost his composure and demanded service ahead of everyone else.

That account of what happened was shared by E. Mo Black in a series of glorious tweets you can read in full here. Below is the abridged version.

So Sean Hannity cuts everybody in liine & starts demanding they fix him a cheesesteak hoagie RIGHT NOW & people weren't happy!
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

So this black guy (who I think was a DNC attendee) said "Ay, the line starts back there."
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

Hannity told him he was in a hurry, he had a very important job to get back to & to let Tanikqua fix his sandwich so he can get back to work
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

The Wawa worker's name was Ashley.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

Ashley told Hannity, sir my name is ASHLEY and he had to order his hoagie from the computer station & his number would be called when ready.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

The black guy in line said "What you not gone do is disrespect people up in here & what you not gone do is cut people in this line."
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

So Hannity said "You sound like a Black Lives Matter guy, are you a Black Lives Matter guy? Are you from Ferguson? Are you from Baltimore?"
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

That's when everybody head turned around. One lady said "Hey what does Black Lives Matter have to do with you cutting in the line?"
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

Hannity said "This is the culture of lawlessness the Obamas & Black Lives Matter have taught you people."
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

That's when it was on. One lady said "You people?" while somebody else said "Put some respeck on Barack name"
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

And Hannity was hollering for the manager, but sadly for him the manager on duty was black and told Hannity to leave.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

No white people in the Wawa came to Hannity's defense, either. They all just looked away. They weren't trying to have their ass beat!
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

The people started booing Hannity & telling him to get the fuck outta there.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

The wilful display of elitist bigotry depicted here, followed by such a laudable show of nonviolent vigilante justice, is so becoming of the universe that we all sort of want it to be the truth.

Most authentic Philly moment of the #DNC2016, Apparently Sean Hannity showed up at the Wawa on Walnut Street, and was booed out of the store
— George Armistead (@ChArmistead) July 26, 2016

wait did they really boo Hannity out of a Wawa?
— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) July 26, 2016

Did any of this really occur? We all know some things are too good to be true. Remember when Visit Philly promised us an escalator up the Art Museum steps? By Tuesday, some were questioning the story.

@phillydesign I do not believe that.
— Spike Eskin (@SpikeEskin) July 26, 2016

@phillydesign I think the number of people who are famous and universally hated enough to elicit that sort of reaction is very low.
— Spike Eskin (@SpikeEskin) July 26, 2016

Hannity himself, responding to tweets, denied the rumor but did seem to acknowledge that there was at least a minor confrontation.

LIE. One customer who seemed to be having a really rough night met me and my bodyguards, he shut up very fast. Lol https://t.co/U3w39t0geV
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 26, 2016

.@seanhannity Nah, that's a lie😏you tried cutting in line, spouted off about #BlackLivesMatter, and got run out of the Wawa😂 Pics don't lie!
— Matthias (@MatthiasBe) July 26, 2016

Now that's a great story but a total lie. I assume u r a liberal who does not care about the truth. https://t.co/cWbXkh6x9l
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 26, 2016

Meatball!!! So good https://t.co/Kmje7mL80S
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 26, 2016

So where does this leave us? Van Newkirk, a writer for The Atlantic, called the Wawa and personally stopped by to get to the bottom of it.

I called the manager of the Wawa and he said he didn't see anything. But I stopped by and two employees said there was "commotion"
— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) July 26, 2016

E. Mo Black takes it from here.

Ok, about this Sean Hannity/Wawa situation...
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

So various people have asked Sean Hannity if he was really booed out of the Wawa and of course he said No.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

Then he went on to say that only one guy tried it with him but he and his bodyguards put a stop to that. Let's unpack, shall we?
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

I doubt real heavily that a random guy in the Wawa just happened to have a problem with Hannity & then Hannity's bodyguards sprang to action
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

I'm pretty confident Hannity acted an ass at the Wawa. Also, a reporter called the manager of Wawa.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

So there was a "situation" between Hannity, his bodyguards & other persons/people at the Wawa, confirmed by Hannity himself.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

I only reported what my source told me and I can't reveal my sources.
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

Maybe Hannity should drink a Wawa Act Right Smoothie & act civilized & nobody will report on him being booed out of the Wawa. #shrug
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

So, to recap: Hannity confirms he WAS at Wawa & he DID get into some sort of commotion at Wawa, confirmed by other people. #blesshisheart
— E. Mo Black (@EmoNegro1) July 26, 2016

Maybe the details of what happened will come to light, maybe not. It isn't hoagie time, Hannity, no siree. It's time for Wawa to bust out the surveillance footage.