Jen Psaki and Fox Information reporter Peter Doocy have shared an adversarial relationship throughout her time as White Home press secretary, however as her tenure attracts to a detailed, they’re leaving issues on a lighter observe.
President Joe Biden introduced Thursday that deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will take over from Psaki when she steps down on Might 13.
As Psaki took questions from reporters within the briefing room Thursday, she known as on Doocy, who mentioned: “Thanks Jen. Sorry to see you go.”
“Are you?” Psaki replied with a smile, setting off laughter within the room.
“Sure, and also you’ve all the time been an excellent sport,” Doocy replied. “So on behalf of all people, thanks for all the pieces.”
“Thanks. As have you ever,” mentioned Psaki.
Psaki and Doocy have sparred and clashed routinely throughout her time on the briefing room podium, although each have admitted their relationship is way much less combative behind the scenes.
“However my engagement with him, individuals don’t all the time see this, however exterior the briefing room, it’s totally skilled and fully, hopefully, responsive,” Psaki mentioned in August. “There’s a performative part from the TV facet of the briefing room.”
And in an interview on a podcast final month, when requested if Doocy actually was “a silly son of a bitch,” she mentioned: “He works for a community that gives individuals with questions that ― nothing private to any particular person, together with Peter Doocy ― however would possibly make anybody sound like a silly son of a bitch.”
Doocy, for his half, informed the Washingtonian final 12 months it’s “a really low-blood-pressure briefing room” and that when Psaki guarantees to circle again to him on a query, she all the time does inside a couple of hours.
