Fox News host Jesse Watters, 46, received widespread criticism after suggesting the generals would “get away with murder” with Kamala Harris if she were elected.
Watters made the controversial comment while discussing foreign policy during Monday’s edition of The Five.
“What is her foreign policy?” the Fox host asked. “This is where the commander in chief has the most influence. We don’t know who she is. We don’t know what she believes.”
He continued: “She will be paralyzed in the situation room while the generals do what they want with her.”
Fox News host Jesse Watters, 46, received widespread criticism after suggesting the generals would “get away with murder” with Kamala Harris if she were elected.
“What is your foreign policy?” the Fox host asked Harris.
Watters’ own co-hosts seemed taken aback by his crude suggestion.
“Jesse Watters,” co-host Dana Perino chided.
“I don’t like that. Take it back,” Jeanine Pirro said reproachfully.
Watters, who also hosts Jesse Watters Primetime, shook his head.
“figuratively,” he added quickly.
“Let them do whatever they want with her. Let them control her,” the Fox host continued. “Not in a sexual way,” Watters said.
In the background, co-host Greg Gutfeld appeared to be laughing.
Watters tried to downplay the awkward moment and get back to the point he was trying to make about Harris’s foreign policy.
«Ukraine is invading Russia and they are going to have her as commander in chief?»
Watters made the controversial comment while discussing foreign policy during Monday’s edition of The Five.
Despite Watters’ attempt to move on from the gaffe, viewers were left stunned by the Fox host’s choice of words.
On X.com, American journalist Yashar Ali posted a clip of the moment and wrote: “Would Watters use this sexualized language when describing a straight man? Probably not!”
One person responded in the comments section: “A classic misogynist. He got called out and you can see him smiling. He didn’t say it innocently. He meant it that way.”
Someone else wrote: ‘Another day, another example of Jesse Watters’ sexism and misogyny.’
However, other viewers protested, saying the presenter did not intend for his statement to appear sexual.
“He said immediately afterward that he didn’t mean it sexually,” one onlooker said.
Watters tried to downplay the awkward moment and return to his main point: Harris’s unsophisticated foreign policy.
“You saw him. So you know he said he had no sexual intentions, why are you going there?” another asked.
At Fox, Watters first became known through his work on The O’Reilly Factor, where he appeared in a recurring segment called Watters’ World.
In 2023, after Fox fired Tucker Carlson from the network, they hand-picked the rising star to fill the coveted 8 p.m. slot.
In late July, Watters sparked controversy after saying that women who vote for Kamala Harris have “motherhood issues” and men who vote for a woman will actually become women.
“Vote for a woman just because she’s a woman?” he asked during an episode of The Five.
“Either it’s a childish attitude or that person has problems with his mother or is simply trying to be accepted by other women.”
The Fox host went on to make a joke about what happens to men who vote for women.
“I heard the other day that scientists said that when a man votes for a woman, he actually becomes a woman,” Watters said.