Jesse Watters
American political commentator
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| April 2025 | During a segment on The Five, Watters made controversial comments about masculinity, claiming that sitting behind a screen 'makes you a woman' and that working jobs with physical strength provides more masculinity. His remarks drew criticism on social media, with his co-host Jeanine Pirro pointing out the irony of his statement. |
| January 8 2025 | During a broadcast, Jesse Watters made controversial comments about wanting to militarily invade Canada, expressing a desire to 'quench his imperialist thirst' and criticizing Canada's resistance to being 'taken over' by the United States. |
| September 2024 | Jesse Watters criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for drinking a milkshake with a paper straw, mocking his perceived lack of masculinity by commenting on his drink order and use of a straw, which sparked public backlash about outdated gender norms. |
| August 28 2024 | Watters addressed the previous day's controversial comments on-air, claiming his remarks were misconstrued and attempting to clarify that he was expressing an opinion about Harris's leadership style. |
| August 27 2024 | During a broadcast of The Five, Jesse Watters made controversial comments about Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting she would be ineffective in leadership, which prompted immediate criticism from his panel colleagues Jeanine Pirro and Dana Perino. |
| July 2024 | Watters made a controversial joke about voting and gender transition. |
| March 2024 | Publishes his second book 'Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe' through Broadside Books. |
| January 2024 | Watters presented a controversial claim about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's relationship being a 'psyop'. |
| 2023 | Publishes his first book 'How I Saved the World' through HarperCollins. |
| November 2 2023 | During a broadcast of The Five, Jesse Watters made controversial comments about the Muslim world and Arab-Americans in relation to Israel-Hamas war protests, stating 'We've had it with them' and suggesting violence against Arab Americans who remove hostage posters. |
| June 2023 | Fox News announced Watters as the permanent host of the network's 8 p.m. EST hour. |
| April 2023 | Watters and DiGiovine welcomed a daughter. |
| January 24 2022 | Jesse Watters Primetime debuted. |
| January 15 2022 | Watters' World program ended its run. |
| January 10 2022 | Announced as the permanent host of a new primetime show, Jesse Watters Primetime. |
| 2021 | Watters and DiGiovine had a son together. |
| December 2021 | Jesse Watters spoke at the Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference, making controversial comments about confronting Dr. Anthony Fauci, advocating for an 'ambush' and using aggressive language like 'kill shot' when discussing Fauci's research funding. |
| July 10 2021 | Watters' book debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list. |
| July 6 2021 | Watters' book 'How I Saved the World' was published. |
| April 2021 | HarperCollins announced the publication of Watters' book 'How I Saved the World'. |
| July 2020 | Jesse Watters made controversial comments about the QAnon conspiracy theory movement during his show, suggesting they had 'uncovered great stuff' about Epstein and the 'deep state', drawing significant public criticism. |
| December 2019 | Jesse Watters married Emma DiGiovine. |
| August 2019 | Watters announced his engagement to Emma DiGiovine. |
| March 2019 | Watters' divorce from Noelle Inguagiato was finalized. |
| 2018 | Noelle Inguagiato filed for divorce after Watters admitted to an affair with producer Emma DiGiovine. |
| April 2017 | Jesse Watters made controversial on-air comments about Ivanka Trump while discussing her panel appearance on female entrepreneurship, making a suggestive gesture and comment that was widely criticized as lewd. He was subsequently removed from the show for two days following the incident. |
| April 2017 | Watters becomes a co-host of the roundtable series The Five on Fox News. |
| January 2017 | Jesse Watters made controversial comments about John Podesta's email hack, claiming Podesta's password was 'password'. PolitiFact subsequently rated this claim as 'False'. |
| January 2017 | 'Watters' World' becomes a weekly program. |
| October 5 2016 | Watters issued a non-apology via Twitter regarding the Chinatown segment, describing it as 'tongue-in-cheek' and claiming it was intended as a 'light piece', which was widely criticized by politicians, journalists, and the Asian American Journalists Association. |
| November 20 2015 | Watters launched his monthly Fox News program, Watters' World. |
| June 11 2014 | Watters debuted on the Fox News Channel show Outnumbered. |
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