It is no secret that Karoline Leavitt cannot stand Kaitlan Collins. Au contraire, the press secretary has a really well-documented historical past of sparring with the CNN anchor. Nonetheless, removed from her retorts to Collins coming throughout as skilled, many skew a little bit extra imply lady. 

Leavitt and Collins have had quite a lot of White Home press briefing run-ins since Donald Trump resumed workplace in early 2025, with the press sec as soon as flatly refusing to even hear a query posed by CNN’s chief White Home correspondent in March. After scoffing that she’d been repeatedly requested the identical query concerning the Sign group chat debacle, Leavitt requested one other reporter to talk. Collins pressed that she had a follow-up, prompting Leavitt to do a hair flip, then snap, “Kaitlan, I am not taking your follow-up” (through LiveNow from Fox). Collins tried to interject as soon as extra, explaining that her query associated to Leavitt’s response … main Collins to pause, then reiterate, “Kaitlan, I’m not taking your follow-up.”

A couple of months (and plenty of tense run-ins) later, it was clear Leavitt’s feud with Collins nonetheless wasn’t over. This, after she and Tulsi Gabbard held a post-Obama-report White Home press convention and Collins requested the director of nationwide intelligence if she might reply to these questioning if her option to launch the paperwork she had was an try and get again into Trump’s good books. Leavitt appeared visibly heated, scoffing and frantically shaking her head earlier than asking Collins, “Who’s saying that? That she would launch this to attempt to enhance her standing with the president? Who has stated that?” After Collins replied that Trump had very overtly criticized Gabbard to the press, Leavitt shut her down and accused her of making an attempt “to sow mistrust and chaos amongst the president’s cupboard.” TBH, she might’ve simply sung Sharpay Evans’ portion of “Keep on with the Standing Quo.”

It bears mentioning that whereas some have stated Kaitlan Collins was “humiliated” by Karoline Leavitt’s uber-combative response to her query to Tulsi Gabbard, the CNN anchor herself definitely would not appear to be having sleepless nights. Au contraire, Collins proved simply how unbothered she was by sharing a clip of their interplay on her Instagram. Notably, she did not tackle Leavitt’s flustered tirade, as an alternative letting that a part of the video converse for itself. 

Suffice it to say, Collins’ followers have been impressed. “You might be superb at holding your composure and being so affected person … You advised her straight out Trump stated it however they nonetheless deny deny deny. It was on digicam. Good job Kaitlan Collins,” wrote one. “Kaitlan, you might be fierce and I’m regularly amazed how they shamelessly put their hypocrisy on show so persistently to your critical questioning,” penned one other. Others have been fast to level out Leavitt’s imply lady vitality. “She argues with reporters like she is a junior in highschool,” one irritated Instagram consumer complained. One other tapped into their interior Mary Cosby to poke enjoyable at Leavitt, writing, “That little lady’s response and rapid defiant, offended posture tells me that you just positively hit a nerve with a really correct query.”

After all, it’s doable there was some pettiness in Collins deciding to put up the video to her private Instagram. That stated, given what she’s stated previously about Donald Trump making an attempt to get private along with her (she memorably advised Self-importance Truthful his assaults have been “a distraction approach”), it is doable she really wasn’t fazed. Both manner, we’ll agree with the commenters commending her on protecting her cool even when Leavitt goes into Regina George mode. All that stated, one thing tells us this fiery feud (even whether it is one-sided) will not be stopping anytime quickly.