With everything being shut down in Iowa thanks to Winter Storm Elliott becoming a full-scale blizzard, KWWL sports guy Mark Woodley was tasked with covering the morning weather report. He was not a fan. Not a fan at all.
While revealing that he was tossed outside five hours before he normally wakes up, Woodley spent the entire morning show getting progressively more cranky as he bristled at being constantly asked how’s he doing and alternating between hating that his face is frozen, only to wish it still was. The dude definitely missed the comfy confines of his sports desk.
You can watch the hilariously cranky weather report below:
This is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show. pic.twitter.com/h0RL9tVQqg
— Mark Woodley (@MarkWoodleyTV) December 22, 2022
Woodley’s understandably grouchy demeanor quickly went viral on Twitter as people loved his candid remarks about his predicament and complaints about his colleagues who he accused of lengthening the show by an extra hour just to torture him.
The KWWL report was later picked up by Rex Chapman on Thursday afternoon, who shared it with his 1.2 million followers, so definitely get ready to have your dad or uncle ask you if you saw the cranky sports guy over the holidays as it’s already started racking up likes within minutes of Chapman sharing it.
Iowa:
They asked the sports guy to pitch in and help cover the blizzard.
90-quality seconds from Mark Woodley.
“I didn’t realize that there was a 3:30 also in the morning — until today.” https://t.co/Q93mPOpwYP
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) December 22, 2022
He wasn’t the only one who loved it, either. The man is a star.
Big mistake, Woodley. You shouldn’t have been so good at this.
— Grant Galarneau-Becker (@GBeckTV) December 22, 2022
Perhaps sadly for you, you have now become far and away my favorite weather reporter.
— Sam Amico (@AmicoHoops) December 22, 2022
This is a masterpiece. Welcome to your new job.
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) December 23, 2022
“The same way I felt about 8 minutes ago when you asked me the same question.” 😂😂😂😂 the shade was perfect.
— Ahmad Hicks (@AhmadHicksTV) December 22, 2022
Mark you have no idea how hard you're making the rest of our jobs.
Now every news director wants their sports reporter to go out into the cold, in hopes of going viral.— Owen Siebring (@owensiebring) December 22, 2022
More meteorologists need to take a page from your book and tell it like it is. Thanks for the honesty and snark.
— Bruce R. Miller (@siouxbruce) December 22, 2022
Pretty darn funny. Suspect he’s actually saying what every news reporter who’s asked to do stand-up in miserable weather is actually thinking….
— Peter Elkind (@peterelkind) December 23, 2022
The good news: This is must watch TV.
The bad news (for you, next winter storm): This is must watch TV. pic.twitter.com/xE5TlL4NGE— Bradon Long FOX43 (@bradonlongwx) December 23, 2022
That was completely awesome! I've been the sport guy they sent out to stand in the middle of hurricane in Florida..I feel your pain, brother!
— John Henry Smith (@jhsthethird) December 22, 2022
You are going to be working for @weatherchannel by Saturday!
— Dave Hogg ✨ (@stareagle) December 22, 2022
Be careful I was you doing flood and snowstorm coverage and now look at me. 🤷🏻♀️ Seriously way to show why sports folks are so damn versatile!
— Dana Jacobson (@danajacobson) December 23, 2022
(Via Mark Woodley on Twitter)