An innocuous comment from Brian Kilmeade during FOX & Friends last week saw him mocked on the internet, and now he’s firing back.
On Friday’s show, Kilmeade said that the only downside recent decision by Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi to move to the U.S. to play was that he didn’t speak English.
Kilmeade then said — with a smile — that former soccer star David Beckham, who is British, learned to speak the language when he moved to the U.S. at 32. Beckham, obviously, spoke English before moving to the United States.
The Big Lead published a story blasting Kilmeade for the quip, arguing that “He married a Spice Girl! He didn’t need to ‘learn’ English when he arrived because it was what he had spoken since birth.”
After publication, Kilmeade took to Twitter to defend himself, calling the situation “hilarious”.
“Once again people have no idea when I am kidding around,” he said.
Responses to Kilmeade’s tweet have varied, with many believing The Brian Kilmeade Show host didn’t realize the statement he made. However, the 59-year-old actually worked as a sideline reporter for MSG’s MLS coverage earlier in his career.
