CNN Makeup Artist Escorted Out of Building

CNN makeup artist Skip Smith was fired and escorted out of the building on Thursday at 11 a.m., FishbowlDC sources have learned. Word has it that this is a bitter pill to swallow for many at the network who saw him as beloved.

Smith, approximately 61, is known as “an institution” at the network as he has worked there for some 20 years. Sources tell FBDC he was a year or two shy of retirement. He has made up and de-shined everyone over the years from all the talent such as Wolf Blitzer to presidents such as Ronald Reagan, Bush 41 and Bill Clinton.

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