Hours After He Officially Left Fox, Eric Bolling’s Young Son Committed Suicide

Whatever you think of former Fox News host Eric Bolling, he deserves all our sympathy and best wishes now. We will also respect his grieving period as he and his wife await the autopsy on his son, as Bolling has now cast doubt on the cause of death. Updated.

I thought Yashar Ali’s Tweets said it all, until I learned, as I was writing this, that TMZ just reported that Eric Chase Bolling, Jr.’s death was a suicide.

Very sad news, Eric Bolling's son, who was only 19, died last night. By all accounts, Eric was incredibly devoted to his son. Heartbreaking.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 9, 2017

Eric + his son. You can just tell from this pic that he adored him. The one thing I heard from people consistently: he was a devoted dad. https://t.co/S8Dhgp6bH7
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 9, 2017

Here is the statement from Fox News, via Ali:

2. Statement from Fox News on the tragic passing of Eric and Adrienne Bolling's son. pic.twitter.com/Os55STcQ3h
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 9, 2017

In case you’re not familiar with Ali, he is the reporter who broke the story about Bolling’s dick pics which eventually led to his departure from Fox yesterday. Ali is also being personally sued for $50 million by Bolling.

Bolling had been suspended from Fox until yesterday, when Fox announced he and the network had “amicably” parted. But, clearly, he was forced out.

But let’s put all that aside for now.

My heart breaks for the Bolling family.

On behalf of all the NewsHounds, I send them our deepest condolences.

UPDATE: Here is Bolling's tweet:

Adrienne and I are devastated by the loss of our beloved son Eric Chase last night. Details still unclear. Thoughts, prayers appreciated.
— Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9, 2017

Another tweet from Bolling casts doubt on the cause of his son's death:

Authorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. Autopsy will be next week. Please respect our grieving period.
— Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9, 2017

Bolling felt he had to tweet this cuz of media (TMZ, etc) speculation about his son's death. Family friend says no note or pills were found. https://t.co/W3IWi8o7sb
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 9, 2017

9/10/17 update: TMZ has revised its headline to say that Bolling's son died of an overdose. However, the site also notes, "Our sources say he was extremely embarrassed" and "emotionally upset" by his father's troubles.

Whatever the cause of death, it's an unimaginable heartache for the family and I think we'll just leave it at that.

(Bolling image via screen grab)

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commented 2017-09-10 17:28:02 -0400 · Flag

As someone who has been affected by suicide myself, I, too, will add condolences to Eric Bolling and his family even though I loathe and deteste what he and his network have done to American society. The only good thing that could come out of this is that it can make people somewhat more empathetic to other people, something that is very much lacking today, and hopefully we will see it here.

commented 2017-09-10 15:52:20 -0400 · Flag

As much as I detest the whole Fox line-up of hate/fear mongers, my heart goes out to Bolling and his wife.

Our 29 year old son, our only child, was walking with his fiancee through the back yard of the house they were in the process of buying and he dropped to the ground dead. Heart defect no one new knew about.

When you hear of it, the world stops spinning, the air goes out of it, the sun no longer shines and nothing is real anymore, nothing matters anymore.

They will recover slowly and painfully but it will get better. The pin prick of light at the end of tunnel does get larger and brighter. Their world will be smaller, but their memories will sustain them.

God bless and keep their son and the Bollings.

commented 2017-09-10 04:00:11 -0400 · Flag

My comment has a “to be” that should have been deleted but wasn’t.

commented 2017-09-10 03:59:08 -0400 · Flag

So true, Richard Simms: bleeding heart liberals are more often than not to be capable of true empathy. I continue to despise Eric Bolling but cannot help sharing the pain he and his wife are feeling. Deepest condolences to them and to those who knew and loved that boy.

commented 2017-09-10 00:51:46 -0400 · Flag

I’m thinking of the kid. 19 is a truly horrible age to find out your handsome and successful father has been taking pix of his genitalia and sending them to women he works with. If the boy OD’d, nobody will ever know whether he did it on purpose or not. What a terrible tragedy.

commented 2017-09-10 00:35:38 -0400 · Flag

TMZ is reporting that Bolling’s son OD. Regardless, this is heartbreaking news for the family. Our condolences to the family.

commented 2017-09-09 21:28:11 -0400 · Flag

That’s newshounds, actual sympathy for others. Something Fox would never do. Can’t imagine how he feels.

commented 2017-09-09 16:24:18 -0400 · Flag

This is just awful. My heart breaks for the entire Bolling family.

We can disagree on issues, that’s fun stuff, but losing a child is the painful hurt of all, and it’s up to all of us to show support during this time of grief for the family.

commented 2017-09-09 15:31:36 -0400 · Flag

Regardless of how much I despise Eric Bolling, the tragic loss of a child is a pain that nobody should have to face. My sympathy to the entire Bolling family.