Chances are quite high (no pun intended, but if it raises a giggle I'm happy) that '
The actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club' partakes in a spliff or two and therefore either grows her own or has a dealer.
If she does have a dealer then there is a fair assumption that he may (have) be(en) jailed at some point, what with it being illegal (in some situations) in that state.
If that happened she'd be pretty pissed off.
Ergo Neal's comment was entirely fair. Many TV presenters have to do things they don't like - interview a much-hated politician, interview an author whose books bore them, praise military action that leads to the death or injury of a brave young man or woman, report on their sports team losing, or just plain old present a story to which their thoughts are the polar opposite.
I think the term here is 'suck it up', and just get on with your job the way (roughly) that it is expected from you.
Obviously if you're going to be so offended then quit before, or quit and explain yourself afterwards. But to do so on air like that is wholly unprofessional. Just like somebody said.
