--- title: Anthony Scaramucci Curses in Interview on Reince Priebus description: Incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci used graphic language to describe feuds with Trump Administration staffers canonical: https://time.com/4877548/anthony-scaramucci-interview-reince-priebus/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-27T22:33:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:46:21.878Z article:section: Politics og:title: The White House’s New Communications Director Just Got Very Graphic og:description: Scaramucci used graphic language to describe feuds with Trump Administration staffers og:url: https://time.com/4877548/anthony-scaramucci-interview-reince-priebus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf44b3cc1b93f117e/6988d784bc6cfc34dc3e26cd/anthony-scaramucci-interview-reince-priebus-expletives.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5704 og:image:height: 3209 og:image:alt: anthony-scaramucci-interview-reince-priebus-expletives og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The White House’s New Communications Director Just Got Very Graphic twitter:description: Scaramucci used graphic language to describe feuds with Trump Administration staffers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf44b3cc1b93f117e/6988d784bc6cfc34dc3e26cd/anthony-scaramucci-interview-reince-priebus-expletives.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The White House’s New Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci Just Got Very Graphic > Sponsored content. 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Tasos Katopodist—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 27, 2017 10:33 PM UTC Incoming White House Communications Director [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4876158/anthony-scaramucci-tweet-reince-priebus/) used graphic language to describe his feuds with other Trump Administration staffers in an interview Wednesday. Speaking to the [_New Yorker_](http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon), the former hedge-fund manager said that White House Chief of Staff [Reince Priebus](http://time.com/4676109/reince-priebus-donald-trump-russia-campaign/) had “c–k-blocked” him for six months, an apparent [reference to reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/sean-spicer-resigns-white-house-press-secretary-240802) that Priebus had worked to prevent him from being hired for other jobs in the White House. He also indirectly criticized Trump chief strategist [Steve Bannon](http://time.com/4876765/steve-bannon-shadow-press-office/) while claiming that he was not interested in seeking media attention. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k,” he said. Scaramucci has been [publicly feuding with Priebus](http://time.com/4877141/donald-trump-anthony-scaramucci-reince-priebus-jeff-sessions/) in recent days, speciously accusing him of leaking a publicly available financial disclosure form and calling into CNN to dress him down. **Read More:** [A Brief History of Cursing in American Politics](http://time.com/4225553/donald-trump-cursing-swearing-president/) In the interview, Scaramucci also called Priebus “a f-cking paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac.” Scaramucci addressed the interview on Twitter Thursday evening, saying “I sometimes use colorful language.” > [](https://twitter.com/Scaramucci/status/890699212022796288) President Trump faced criticism for his use of swear words on the campaign trail, leading to [a memorable ad](http://time.com/4224734/donald-trump-jeb-bush-right-to-rise-ad/) from a super PAC backing former Republican rival Jeb Bush. Trump later vowed not to use “foul language” on the campaign trail. Since his election, Democratic officials have also increasingly [taken up the cursing habit](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/politics/tom-perez-swearing-trump/index.html), with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez saying that Trump “doesn’t give a s–t about health care” and Democratic Sen. 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