A Fox News anchor proudly participated in a bizarre yearly humiliation ritual of performing a rap song in front of his colleagues. <\/p>\n
Bret Baier, host of Fox News\u2019 Special Report<\/i>, performed a slowed-down, arrhythmic rendition of The Sugarhill Gang\u2019s 1979 single \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d during the show\u2019s annual Christmas party on Friday night.<\/p>\n In a video shared to X by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, Baier can be seen struggling to stay on beat while awkwardly undulating back and forth in his cherry red velvet suit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201c@BretBaier\u2019s annual rendition of \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d at the @SpecialReport Christmas Party!\u201d Waltz, who was fired from his post as national security advisor following the “Signalgate<\/a>” scandal, wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Baier raps while waving his hand around and jostling side to side\u2014before he finally concludes by timidly sing-shouting, \u201cSpecial Report<\/i>, number one! Special Report<\/i> gonna rock!\u201d<\/p>\n Also in attendance at the yearly seasonal shindig, besides Waltz and Baier, was Treasury Secretary and self-proclaimed soybean farming expert<\/a> Scott Bessent.<\/p>\n Baier, 55, posted his own video of the performance on his Instagram on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cDid you think I ended the night without a reprise performance of Rappers Delight?\u201d he captioned<\/a> the post.<\/p>\n Baier\u2019s performance of the classic rap track dates back at least a decade. <\/p>\n In 2015, the cable news host jumped onstage at a \u201cjam session\u201d taking place at a Palm Springs golf tournament. Baier performed what he claimed was the only song he knew\u2014\u201cRapper\u2019s Delight.\u201d<\/p>\n Baier also got to perform<\/a> the track alongside The Sugarhill Gang in Washington, D.C, in 2018, in celebration of his 10th anniversary with Special Report<\/i>.<\/p>\n Despite his friendly relationship with the president, Baier got caught up in Trump\u2019s D.C. crime crackdown in August.<\/p>\n The occasional Trump golfing buddy was pulled over by a Metropolitan Police Department officer in Georgetown. Baier was caught on camera handing over his license and registration from the driver\u2019s seat of his white Mercedes-Benz G Wagon AMG.<\/p>\n Baier explained the incident in a post on X, clarifying that he received a citation for distracted driving.<\/p>\n \u201cI picked up my ringing phone as I drove past an officer while driving my wife\u2019s car in Georgetown,\u201c he wrote<\/a>. \u201dHe pointed to have me pull over-I did. He was very professional. I had to dig for the registration card. Got a ticket and left. I didn\u2019t know there was paparazzi.”<\/p>\n Newly installed CBS News head Bari Weiss reportedly eyed Baier to replace evening co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, but was unable to secure him due to his contract with Fox. Tony Dokoupil was selected instead as the replacement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Mike](\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/FDUQXRKHAFBFPJXXE3NW7SLV4I.jpeg?auth=5b100c692282deeb7da8078f8071ee38469528b046f37dd898f92ddbe7fa313b&width=800&height=600\")
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