During a live interview yesterday afternoon on NewsChannel 8’s Let’s Talk Live, co-host Doug McKelway lost all sense of professionalism while interviewing gay blogger Michael Rogers about the upcoming documentary film, Outrage. Rogers appears in the film, directed by Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated), which targets politicians who are known (or rumored) closet cases but who also fight against policies that would be beneficial to the LGBT population.

The exchange between the two heated up after McKelway made no bones about being against the process of outing these politicians. When Rogers offered up Florida Gov. Charlie Crist as an example, McKelway asks about the potential impact on Crist’s family. But before Rogers could get a word in edgewise, McKelway further expressed his own outrage at the notion, eventually threatening Rogers, saying he’d “take him out back and punch him across the face.”

But why spoil the rest in words when you can watch for yourself? The initial buildup is OK, but the real fun begins around the 2:45 mark.

Outrage opens tomorrow at the Landmark E Street Cinema, and also features an interview with gay At-large D.C. Council member David Catania.

Update, 4:19 p.m.: On today’s episode of Let’s Talk Live, McKelway and co-host Natasha Barrett addressed yesterday’s kerfuffle. Several viewers sent emails criticizing McKelway’s treatment of Rogers; Barrett and McKelway read a few on-air, including one that asks point blank, “What kind of news organization are you people running?”

Finally, McKelway asked for a tight camera shot on his face and said, “An apology? Mike Rogers, you’re not getting one!” with some other choice words for Rogers. Barrett called the whole incident his “Bill [O’]Reilly moment.” NewsChannel 8 posted the video to the show’s web site.