Burnett does not appear to have ever publicly responded to the backlash.
“Excuse my language there,” the sheepish journalist told viewers watching at home (viaTV Insider) .
“I just read it.

But that’s what he said.”
According to The Atlantic, he even ordered chief of staff Mark Meadows to refuse to foot the bill.
In a post onX,formerly Twitter, Meadows vehemently denied the report.

AsNBC Newspointed out, however, she was not actually present for the meeting in question.