The White House press briefing brought on the stars of Ted Lasso, to discuss mental health issues, but the proceedings were constantly interrupted by White House reporter for Today News Africa, Simon Ateba, who has made a habit of yelling nonsense to the podium. After introducing the Lasso cast, Ateba began shouting, and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had enough. "No, no, no, we're not doing this, we're not doing this," she said. After the Lasso clan was finished, Ateba continued badgering the press secretary. "This is not China; this is not Russia!" Other reporters started to push back. "The press corp is tired of dealing with this." "There are people in the back who don’t get any questions!” “Don’t make assumptions about what the rest of us do.