Why Did “SoHo Karen” Miya Ponsetto Wear A “Daddy” Hat To Talk To Gayle King?
Refinery29
11/01/2021
On Friday,
CBS This Morning released part of an interview between journalist Gayle King and Miya Ponsetto. The 22-year-old white woman falsely accused 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing her phone in the lobby of the Arlo Hotel in Manhattan’s SoHo neighbourhood on December 26. She has since been dubbed the “SoHo Karen” for her racial profiling and demanding that the manager of the hotel help her during the incident.
After accusing Harrold Jr., who is Black, of theft, Ponsetto went on to physically attack him in an attempt to retrieve her phone — which, according to