Fox anchor Jesse Watters was schooled on live TV earlier this week by none other than his Democrat-voting mum, who urged her 45-year old son to “be kind and respectful,” and to use his voice “responsibly.”
Former child psychologist, Dr. Anne Watters, called in to her son’s Primetime show on Monday night to offer the advice as he started his new role, replacing Tucker Carlson.
“Do not tumble into any conspiracy rabbit holes,” she said. “We do not want to lose you, and we want no lawsuits. Let’s aim to have you keep your job.”
“In keeping with the Hippocratic Oath, do no harm,” she insisted, also suggesting the conservative news channel should “take less interest … in other people’s bodies.”
“There really has been enough Biden bashing and the laptop is old,” she said. “Perhaps you could suggest that your people take less interest, for example, in other people’s bodies, and talk about facts.”
Nevertheless, Dr Watters, whom Jesse described as a democrat, said she was “proud” of her son and that she “enjoyed” his show.
“I want to say congratulations, honey bun. We are proud of you and your accomplishments, and you’ve worked so hard.”
Watters stepped into the role of Fox News host in April after controversial anchor Tucker Carlson was ousted. Waters started at Fox News in 2003, moving across several network programs over the next two decades.
Comedy writer and filmmaker Kady Ruth Ashcraft said Watters’ “jovial reaction to her admonitions about his actual extremist propaganda—using the cliché of an overbearing liberal mom as a punchline—drives me fucking bonkers.”
“While I commend Ms. Watters for trying to maintain any kind of relationship with her son and voicing her (supposed) disapproval of his cruel transphobic, racist, and conspiratorial messages—presuming she didn’t have any hand in making Jesse the man he is—it’s too late. She is already made herself the butt of a joke by a man who also mocks Asian-Americans to their faces in Chinatown and demeans unhoused people for laughs on TV.”