Doug Emhoff’s ex-wife Kerstin responds after Fox News host Jesse Watters made wild claim about Kamala Harris
The ex-wife of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff is standing up for Vice President Kamala Harris after controversial comments about her by Fox News host Jesse Watters.
The 46-year-old TV personality was heavily criticized after suggesting that generals would “get their way” Haris in the situation room if she were elected president.
“There are many things to worry about, but Kamala being abused in the situation room is not one of them,” Kerstin Emhoff wrote in a post on X.
Emhoff is a staunch defender of the vice president, who has been married to her ex-husband since 2014, after his first marriage ended in 2009.
Kerstin Emhoff with ex-husband Doug Emhoff and daughter Ella. Doug Emhoff is married to Vice President Kamala Harris
Watters made the outrageous statement during a foreign policy discussion during his appearance on The Five on Monday.
“What is her foreign policy?” the Fox host asked. “This is where the commander in chief has the most impact. We don’t know who she is. We don’t know what she believes.”
“She becomes paralyzed in the situation room while the generals have their way with her,” he continued.
Watters’ own co-hosts appeared shocked by his crude suggestion.
“Jesse Watters,” co-host Dana Perino chided. “I don’t like that. Take it back.”
Doug Emhoff’s ex-wife responds after Fox News host Jesse Watters made controversial comment that generals will ‘have their way’ with the vice president if she’s elected
“What is her foreign policy?” the Fox host asked Harris
Watters, who also hosts Jesse Watters Primetime, shook his head.
“Figuratively,” he quickly added.
“Let her have her way! Control her,” the Fox host continued. “Not in a sexual way,” Watters said.
In the background, co-host Greg Gutfeld appeared to laugh.
Watters tried to ignore the awkward moment and get back to the point he wanted to make about Harris’ foreign policy.
‘Ukraine is now invading Russia and you’re going to appoint her as commander in chief?’
Despite Watters’ attempt to forget the gaffe, viewers were stunned by the Fox host’s choice of words.
Several users called for the Fox News host to be fired, calling his comment abhorrent, misogynistic, sexist, disgusting and repulsive.
Watters made the controversial comment during a discussion of the foreign policy topic on Monday’s edition of The Five
American journalist Yashar Ali posted a clip of the moment and wrote: ‘Would Watters use this sexualized language when describing a heterosexual man? Probably not!’
Someone responded in the comments: ‘A classic misogynist. He was singled out and you can see his smile. He didn’t say that 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 mean his statements sexually.
“He immediately said afterward that he didn’t mean it sexually,” one viewer said.
Watters tried to shake off the awkward moment and return to his main point: Harris’ unsophisticated foreign policy
“You watched it. So you know he said he didn’t mean it sexually, so why are you going there?” asked another.
At Fox, Watters first came to prominence 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, the rising star was hand-picked to fill the coveted 8 p.m. time slot.
In late July, Watters raised eyebrows when he said that women who vote for Kamala Harris have “mom issues” and that men who vote for her will turn into women.
“Vote for a woman just because she’s a woman?” he asked during an episode of The Five.
“It’s either childish, or that person has issues with their mother, or they’re just trying to be accepted by other women.”
The Fox host then made a joke about what happens to men who vote for women.
“I heard recently that scientists said that if a man votes for a woman, he essentially becomes a woman,” Watters said.