St. Louis Radio: KFNS Vic Faust Berates Co-Host In Leaked Audio

Vic Faust

While hosting a radio show last week, Fox 2 news anchor Vic Faust unleashed an off-air tirade of foul language, sexist remarks and personal insults directed at a female colleague, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Faust used profanity at least 40 times in a roughly four-minute leaked hot mic rant that berated co-host Crystal Cooper for, among other things, her weight and her parenting skills.

Faust’s off-air comments were digitally recorded and sent anonymously to the Post-Dispatch about 5 p.m. Friday.  On Monday, Faust confirmed that the confrontation took place.

“Well, it is,” Faust said, when told the audio clip was profane. He said there was “background” to the story but declined to comment further.

The outburst occurred last Tuesday morning on KFNS100.7 FM, a station known as “The Viper.” It came near the end of the 8-10 a.m. morning drive show, “The Edge,” that Faust regularly hosts on weekdays with other personalities.

Faust has been a main news anchor at KTVI (Channel 2), the local Fox affiliate, since 2015. He co-hosts the 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. weekday shifts with Mandy Murphey and Jasmine Huda.

The spark for Faust’s harangue seems to have occurred in the closing minutes of Tuesday’s radio show, which can be viewed on YouTube as a podcast. The station now has taken down its Facebook posting of the show.

The video shows Faust and Cooper engaging in an uncomfortable exchange after Faust had become irked by Cooper’s criticism of his computer skills, something that had come up on a previous show.

In the edited clip of audio the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said was sent anonymously and recorded during the break, Faust can be heard repeatedly calling Cooper names that are bleeped out.

Throughout the nearly 5-minute argument, Faust accused Cooper of attacking him on air, referring to her as "fat" and "nasty."

When Cooper was heard telling Faust to "grow the (expletive) up" and had been "acting like an immature (expletive)," he responded: "You grow up, you fat (expletive) ... ."

Faust went on to say she was "stupid" for not speaking intelligently on topics during the show and told Cooper she shouldn't return to work. 

“If you come back, I’m going to be in your (expletive) every (expletive) day,” he was heard saying.

Cooper told Faust he was not her supervisor and she would return, according to the recording.

Faust was heard telling Cooper he would "nail your (expletive)" and "do whatever I (expletive) need to do to you" before using a string of more profanities to describe the woman.

Shortly before a co-host yelled there were 20 seconds left before the commercial break ended, Faust was heard telling Cooper: "Your kids have a (expletive) terrible mom. I feel sorry for them.”

"Wow," Cooper replied. "Wow."

Faust did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night. Neither did Cooper or representatives for the radio station.