DOC press secretary who wrestled another NYC official over phone was once on MTV ‘Anger Management’ reality show
By Aneeta Bhole, Larry Celona, Steve Janoski,
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The city official caught on camera scuffling with another bigwig at Gracie Mansion Tuesday was once on an MTV reality show about dealing with anger management — as she struggled to control an unhinged temper.
City Department of Correction press secretary Annais Morales — who chucked DOC compliance officer Mariam Singh’s phone during the Oct. 8 diva donnybrook — was 21-years-old when she popped up on the 10th season of “MTV True Life: I Need Anger Management,” according to clips on social media.
In one clip posted to TikTok , a young Morales told the show that she had “a lot of positive things going on in my life, but the one thing that’s really holding me back is my temper.”
The DOC officials started their cellblock-level scuffle after getting into a verbal argument near a fern on the side of a packed Hispanic heritage event. X/Kaurs of New York
That temper allegedly reared its head this week during the public dust-up — which on Thursday made her the subject of a police report filed by Singh, according to Singh’s attorney, Ali Najmi.
“The video [of the Gracie incident] speaks for itself,” he told The Post. “Given Dr. Singh’s role as a community leader, we are particularly concerned and want there to be disciplinary action against Morales so this isn’t repeated.”
But if her TV appearance is any indication, it just might.
She tore through the episode like a wrathful hurricane, mouthing off to people on the street with such remarkable frequency that her exasperated boyfriend contemplated leaving her.
“It ain’t for you b–ch!” she yelled at a man who made some remark on the street. “I don’t hear you talking to me! Cause I’ll set your ass on fire b–ch!”
Another time, someone else said something to her — as she said in a voice-over that “In the South Bronx, if somebody tries to step to you on some s—t, you gotta’ knock they ass out.”
Morales snatched the phone and hurled it across the packed room, before the uniformed officers stood between the sparring women and they finally went their separate ways. X/Kaurs of New York Two high-ranking New York officials were caught on camera wrestling with each other over a phone at an official event at Gracie Mansion on Tuesday night. X/Kaurs of New York
The confrontation grew heated, as Morales told the man to “mind your business.”
“Mama, you sound like you’re gonna whip my ass or something though, b—ch!” the man replied as he came closer.
“You wanna’ try me?” Morales asked in front of a gathering crowd.
“You look like you upset though, you look like I just ruined your f—king day!” she wailed, before eventually walking away.
Ironically, Annais Morales — who threw the phone — was featured on a 2008 episode of “MTV True Life: I Need Anger Management.” MTV She was unhinged throughout the episode, repeatedly starting fights with random people on the street. MTV
She tried to justify her actions during a sit-down with her irritated beau, a man named Jesse.
“Here’s the s—t though, you gotta understand it’s not just me, I don’t walk around initiating fights with people,” Morales said, right after she initiated a fight with somebody.
“People disrespect me,” she said. “Some people, you just really gotta curse the s—t out of them. And then they’ll know. Like, ‘Alright, well, the next I ain’t gonna’ say nothing to her, ‘cause she’ll flip the f—k out.’”
“This is not the type of person that I want to have a life with, I don’t want to raise a family with somebody that’s like this,” he told the camera at one point. “If it keeps on, then we’re over.”
Department of Corrections officers had to step in and separate the two. X/Kaurs of New York
In another part of the episode, Morales told a therapist that “smashing glass” was her favorite anger management exercise.
“It’s easy for you to imagine that the glass is somebody or something that you’re mad at or you’re mad about,” she said in a clip posted to YouTube.
She was still going to therapy and dating Jesse when the show ended.
Years later, Morales’ not-quite-reformed temper has drawn all the wrong kinds of attention.
It’s not clear what sparked the argument, which happened at a packed Hispanic heritage event.
But at one point, Singh took her phone out to film Morales, and the two scuffled before Morales seized the phone and hurled it across the room.
Two uniformed corrections officers stepped in to defuse the situation.
Morales — who once worked as a freelancer for The Post and an adjunct lecturer at several metro colleges — declined to comment.
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