Newscaster 'Carissa Codel' Goes Viral For Reading Hate And Thirst Comments In Her News Voice

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About

Carissa Codel is a newscaster and broadcast journalist on KOLR 10 and FOX 49 in Springfield, Missouri, who is known online for her behind-the-scenes and vlog-style content and a series of videos where she reads viewer hate and thirst comments in her newscaster voice. Many of the comments are compliments or insults about her figure, with some people online referring to her as the "thick newscaster" or "thicc." Codel garnered a significant following on sites including Instagram, TikTok and X / Twitter between 2019 and 2026, with a combined follower count of over 700,000 by January 2026.

History

Carissa Codel's earliest available content is a video posted on her YouTube channel on December 13th, 2016. The video is a recording of a cheerleading meet at Blue Springs South High School in Missouri, where she grew up. Prior to this, Codel started her X / Twitter page, @CarissaCodelTV, in 2015.

On June 15th, 2019, Codel started posting content on her Instagram page, carissacodel.

On January 12th, 2024, Codel posted her first video on TikTok, @carissacodel. The video is a behind-the-scenes recording in the "news live-drive car," where she reports on the news from the passenger seat of a car, garnering over 20,000 views in two years.

@carissacodel Here’s what we see as a news reporter when we show viewers the road conditions! Gotta love a good live-drive 🤩 #springfieldmo #tvnewsreporter #journalism ♬ original sound – Carissa Codel

On August 17th, 2025, Cordel posted a video on Instagram in which she reads viewer hate comments on her videos, garnering over 26,000 likes in five months.

One of the most notable comments is "built for breeding," which has become a running meme among her fans and online followers.

Codel continued to post videos reading hate comments over the following months, becoming some of her most popular videos.

One of the most viral examples was uploaded to TikTok on December 1st, 2025, garnering over 3.2 million views in two months.

@carissacodel Can’t believe I’m about to ask this…. but please comment below your thoughts #comments #fyp #viewers #cake #reels ♬ original sound – Carissa Codel

On December 8th, 2025, Cordel appeared on Inside Edition to talk about her "reading hate comments" series and not letting internet comments bother you in general, garnering over 300,000 views on YouTube in about two months.

Online Presence

Through the latter half of 2025, Carissa Cordel became notably popularized on a variety of subreddits.

For example, on December 18th, 2025, an image of her flexing her arm muscles was posted to the /r/moreplatesmoredates subreddit to over 500 upvotes in two months.

On December 23rd, one of her "reading hate comments" videos was posted to the /r/MadeMeSmile subreddit, gaining over 21,000 upvotes in about a month.

On January 24th, 2026, a photograph of Codel was posted to the /r/BroadcastingQueens subreddit titled, "Carissa Codel ("IYKYK":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/iykyk)," garnering over 1,400 upvotes in six days.

An image of newscaster Carissa Codel. It was posted on the /r/BroadcastingQueens subreddit.

On January 29th, X user @explodingpiano posted, "that newscaster is making thick woman stock go up everywhere 🙏," garnering over 4,500 likes in a day. The post is referencing Codel.