Earlier this week, we argued that Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson had won the Miss America pageant by the way she lost it — i.e., delivering a monologue about nursing (she's a registered nurse) rather than offering a typically cliched routine during the talent portion of the competition, and by saying she'd put Ellen DeGeneris's face on the $10 bill.
Surprisingly, Johnson hasn't appeared on DeGeneris's talk-show yet — but a de facto mocking on The View resulted in a hilarious social-media backlash against two of the chat fest's hosts, Michelle Collins and Joy Behar.
During a segment about Miss America (see it below), Collins said of Johnson's talk, which mentioned a touching encounter with an Alzheimer's patient, "She came in in a nurse’s uniform and basically read her e-mails out loud."
Added Behar, “Why does she have a doctor’s stethoscope on?” — apparently unaware that nurses use stethoscopes, too.
Behar was reminded of this fact by plenty of folks on Twitter, who quickly defended their profession using the hashtag #nursesunite.
Based on the ten tweets below, we suggest that Collins and Behar prepare themselves for unpleasantness during their next checkup.
Count down the top ten, followed by the aforementioned clip from The View and Johnson's original monologue.
Number 10:
@ the end of a 12hour shift in our cool costumes & our DR.'s stethoscopes! #nursesunite #NursesShareYourStethoscopes pic.twitter.com/8TOIVEP0lB
— Shelly (@Shellroll1) September 16, 2015
Number 9:
I save lives, what do you do? @TheView @JoyVBehar #nursesunite #boycotttheview pic.twitter.com/uuRhctq6IY
— nuRsling coNfessions (@RN__Confession) September 16, 2015
Number 8:
@JoyVBehar Your ignorance is unbelievable #NursesShareYourStethoscopes #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/2zzRbVvDR4
— Jennifer Hinds (@jennferkhinds) September 16, 2015
Number 7:
#nursesunite #NursesShareYourStethoscopes Proud to prepare the next generation! @JoyVBehar @TheView pic.twitter.com/nQeg6EhCor
— Jan Kaminsky (@DrNursePhD) September 16, 2015
Number 6:
Omg! This is how Wikipedia now describes @michcoll Love it! #nursesunite @TheKatieduke @NurseEyeRoll pic.twitter.com/2jXChf3SHm
— ICU_CCRN (@Sk8mom80) September 16, 2015
Number 5:
Dont piss off the nurses. #nursesunite #boycotttheview @TheView @JoyVBehar pic.twitter.com/wU4dPvK2TD
— nuRsling coNfessions (@RN__Confession) September 16, 2015
Number 4:
I'm confused. Which one is the doctor's and which one is the nurse's? #JoyBehar #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/DqRl2T12K7
— Mo Cowan (@mocowan66) September 16, 2015
Number 3:
Best one I've seen yet. Thanks @JoyVBehar for uniting millions of nurses within hours. #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/RHJQ8mkQom
— Kerstin Davis (@RedRaider_RN) September 16, 2015
Number 2:
"Wow, the hosts of #TheView are so classy and intelligent, especially Joy Behar" -no one EVER
#nursesunite pic.twitter.com/8PKja76ay3
— Courtney Avila (@courtney_avila) September 16, 2015
Number 1:
Best one yet!!! @ANANursingWorld @NurseEyeRoll #JoyBehar #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/PIJSJmJGo5
— Erika L Setliff (@NurseErikaCCRN) September 16, 2015
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