Carlson Walks Off Fox & Friends Over Kilmeade's Sexist Joke

Apparently, Brian Kilmeade's little joke, "“Women are everywhere. We’re letting them play golf and tennis now. It’s out of control," didn't sit well with Gretchen Carlson. She got up, told Kilmeade he could read the headlines, and walked off the set.

While I can applaud Carlson on one level, on another it seemed like just a cutesy stunt. And, of course, Carlson came back once the yuks were over.

What do you think?

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mlp ! commented 2012-06-14 20:55:36 -0400 · Flag

As my mother used to say, “If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.”
Deal with it, Gretchen.

Visitor 55 commented 2012-06-14 17:49:17 -0400 · Flag

And as we know, mj, twatty/pRick doesn’t know how to think. It’s just rebleating what it’s FoxGOPTV masters tell it.

mj - the same one commented 2012-06-14 17:23:02 -0400 · Flag

@Rick Patel/Twatty:

“What do we think? . . .”

“We” = Rick/Twatty and it’s fellow sockpuppets

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Rick Patel commented 2012-06-14 16:12:33 -0400 · Flag

What do we think? That Gretchen Carlson is a wonderful journalist with exquisitely lovely legs, and that her insightful, tender, heart-warming interview today with Bristol Palin was TV at its very best.

doors17 commented 2012-06-14 16:07:07 -0400 · Flag

Thanks mj!

mj - the same one commented 2012-06-14 16:06:47 -0400 · Flag

Forgot to add . . . I suspect tomorrow, Fox N’ Fiends will say the exact same thing; that it was “just a joke” and “we’re a fun show” . . .

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mj - the same one commented 2012-06-14 16:04:48 -0400 · Flag

@doors17: yep, this was a stunt, reminiscent of Brian Kilmeade’s walk-off in 2008 — which, the following Monday, the hosts said was a joke:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/24/fox-hosts-claim-fridays-w_n_93073.html

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doors17 commented 2012-06-14 15:49:39 -0400 · Flag

She came across to me as if she was trying to be cute. Besides if she was really truly offended then you would think she would never agree to be a guest on Bill OâReillyâs show.

About four or five years ago Brian did walk off the set in angry.

patrick tolle commented 2012-06-14 15:12:52 -0400 · Flag

@ Newshounds- i concur.It seemed of a piece with other of their babbling bobbleheads occasionally displaying sense or humanity; a way of polishing their independent and F&B cred besides stirring up a little controversy. They probably had blowhardbillowlielly choreograph the sequence for them.

Visitor 55 commented 2012-06-14 14:44:28 -0400 · Flag

I think it was a stunt too. Because there have been countless other times when Retchin Gretchin should have walked off the set but she didn’t. What was more than likely happening was that the previous night’s spicy bean burrito was probably doing a number on her lower GI tract and she just had to leave the set to fart. And I have to add, a loud fart on set would have made more sense than what the three little FoxFiend pigs spew every single day.

Antoinette commented 2012-06-14 14:03:19 -0400 · Flag

Wretchen Gretchen can walk off the set, but she can’t walk off Fox “News.”

Nixon-trainee Roger Ailes rules the women at Fox “News” with a virtual whip. If they get out out of line, he fires them.

NOTE TO CARLSON

Be a real woman and walk off Fox “News.”

NewsHounds posted about Carlson Walks Off Fox & Friends Over Kilmeade's Sexist Joke on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2012-06-14 13:49:09 -0400

While I can applaud Carlson on one level, on another it seemed like just a cutesy stunt. What do you think?

Lakeview Greg commented 2012-06-14 13:18:57 -0400 · Flag

The wretched one reaped what she helped sow. And she did not like it. Good.

Ray Henry commented 2012-06-14 13:04:22 -0400 · Flag

was too busy looking up her skirt.