Alabama Governor Kay Ivey wasted no words in responding to Alabama State Board of Education member Wayne Reynolds, who on Wednesday morning posted an insulting comment about the governor’s appearance on Facebook.

“She is gaining weight,” wrote Reynold in the comments of an AL.com Facebook live stream that was broadcasting the governor’s coronavirus pandemic press conference.

“A lady never discusses her age or her figure – a true gentleman doesn’t either,” responded Ivey later in the day to AL.com.

Reynolds represents the eighth of the Alabama State Board of Education’s eight districts. It encompasses most of the northeast corner of Alabama.

In the press conference Reynolds was commenting on, the governor extended the mask order designed to protect Alabamians amid a pandemic that has claimed nearly 1,500 lives in the state.

Reynolds defended himself in an interview with Alabama Media Group following the press conference, claiming, “It wasn’t derogatory, it was an observation.”

Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: henry@new-yhn.local or on Twitter @HenryThornton95