Harris campaign tells Muslim interviewer he can't ask about Gaza, she talks up bacon instead: 'Taken aback'

Instead, the campaign agreed that Harris would offer a "hot take" against people taking off their shoes on airplanes. The show's premise revolves around guests, some of them notable, defending an unpopular opinion or perspective.

"[Rahma] ultimately agreed to the terms, reasoning that he could choose not to publish the video if it made him uneasy," the New York Times story said.

But when Rahma sat down with Harris for the interview, she shared a different hot take, declaring that "bacon is a spice." Rahma and other observant Muslims do not eat pork in adherence with their faith.

"I don't know," he reportedly pushed back in the unaired interview. The Times described him as "taken aback."

"Think about it, it's pure flavor," she said, according to footage reviewed by the Times.

Rahma then reportedly paused the interview to tell her he doesn't eat pork, then attempted to redirect Harris to the agreed upon topic of taking off shoes mid-flight. But Harris doubled down with another food take, which the Times said was on the advice of a staffer, praising anchovies on pizza.

"Well," Rahma told Harris in the recording. "I'm 100% unsure on both of those."

Rahma ultimately chose not to air the interview, fearing that it would upset the Muslim community.

"He had been apprehensive about potential criticism from other Muslims, and the bacon talk had thrown him off," the Times reported.

"It was so complicated because I'm Muslim and there's something going on in the world that 100 percent of Muslims care about," Rahma told the outlet. "And then they made it worse by talking about anchovies. Boring!"

Two senior Harris campaign officials told the Times that Rahma had been told about the bacon topic in advance but Rahma and his manager disputed this. Still, the campaign reportedly apologized for the bacon reference and offered to reshoot, per the Times, but Rahma made the decision not to move forward.

The Harris campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.