BREAKING NEWS – New York Times columnist David Brooks apologized for putting out a widely mocked X post earlier this week complaining about the price of his restaurant bill.
Brooks courted ridicule and derision on social media platform X, with a post showing his dinner at a Newark airport restaurant and a caption noting how expensive it was, $78.
“It’ll be a cheeseburger and a double whiskey,” the restaurant’s owner Maurice Hallett said. He also guessed that Brooks ordered “two doubles” of whiskey, which cost between $28 and $29, to account for the almost $80 price tag.
Apparently, the criticism was finally getting to Brooks, which reflected in his latest tweet. “It looks like I’m being mocked because I’m a cheap alcoholic. I mean come on people, I have feelings too.”