She Rates Dogs podcast cohost Mat George killed by hit-and-run driver \u2018She Rates Dogs\u2019 podcast co-host Mathew Thomas George was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the early hours of Saturday, July 17 in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles. Around 2:20 AM PST, a white BMW driving eastbound on Beverly Boulevard struck George, 26, who was walking southbound on Croft Avenue, according to a report from the Los Angeles Police Department. The BMW did not stop after hitting George, and police still have not identified the driver. Paramedics later pronounced George dead at the scene. Co-host and close friend Michaela Okland shared and confirmed the news with to her Twitter followers after the news broke, as thousands offered their support. I would rather you guys here this from me than a news article. Mat was killed in a hit and run last night. I don\u2019t really have any other words right now. I wish I could contact everybody who knows him personally but the news is already out and I just can\u2019t do it right now \u2014 michaela okland (@MichaelaOkla) July 17, 2021 \u201cMat was killed in a hit and run last night,\u201d Okland said. \u201cI don\u2019t really have any other words right now. I wish I could contact everybody who knows him personally but the news is already out and I just can\u2019t do it right now.\u201d George was an Arizona State University alumnus and a beloved figure online as cohost for the popular \u2018She Rates Dogs\u2019 podcast. Many of the show\u2019s fans and friends expressed their condolences upon hearing the news. mat george was incomparably funny, incomparably kind, and one of the best people I\u2019ve known. today is incredibly sad, and fucked up, and unfair. we\u2019re going to miss you so much. \u2014 ellie schnitt! (@holy_schnitt) July 17, 2021 \u201cMat George was the funniest person I know hands down, funnier than most career comedians,\u201d Abby Govindan said on Twitter. \u201cI told him that every time we talked. His career barely got started and I was so excited to watch him succeed. I\u2019m at a loss for words. Rest In Peace.\u201d \u201cMat George was incomparably funny, incomparably kind, and one of the best people I\u2019ve known,\u201d Ellie Schnitt said. \u201cToday is incredibly sad, and fucked up, and unfair. We\u2019re going to miss you so much.\u201d The LAPD are asking anyone with information of the incident to contact the West Traffic Division office at 213-473-0234 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She Rates Dogs podcast cohost Mat George killed by hit-and-run driver \u2018She Rates Dogs\u2019 podcast co-host Mathew Thomas George was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the early hours of Saturday, July 17 in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles. Around 2:20 AM PST, a white BMW driving eastbound on Beverly Boulevard struck George, 26, who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}