Nurse fired for wishing pregnant Karoline Leavitt ‘a fourth-degree tear’

Published January 23, 2026 10:53pm ET



A Florida nurse has been fired for wishing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt a “fourth-degree tear” during her next childbirth.

The labor and delivery nurse, who worked at a hospital in Boca Raton, posted a TikTok video in which she made the comment toward Leavitt. The video went viral and was shared with her employer, Baptist Health South Florida, which subsequently issued a statement announcing the nurse’s removal.

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