Fox News’ The Five is often the highest-rated show on cable news, with co-hosts Jesse Watters and Jessica Tarlov often pitted against one another.
The two can often be at odds over any variety of topics in a given show, and Watters says he’s working on being a little nicer to his colleague.
While appearing on The Sage Steele Show, Watters admitted he can be condescending to her, and it’s something he’s cognizant of.
“I do come off condescending, and I’m working on that,” he shared. “Brit Hume actually told me, ‘Jesse, you have to stop interrupting Jessica so much because the audience does need to hear the other side.’ I’ve been trying to be more polite. You’re not even taking me seriously,” Watters said to Steele before saying others are worse than he is.
“You think I’m bad? Greg (Gutfeld)’s the worst. Greg’s bad. Greg yells at her. I try not to yell. I’ve come to the conclusion that I shouldn’t be yelling at women,” Watters continued. “When a man yells at a woman, he kind of loses a little masculinity, and that’s what the women want. They want to fight. They want to tear into each other. So I try, as calmly as I can, to say my thing and interrupt her less. You’re not even listening, are you? You don’t believe this. I’m trying to be a better person.”
When asked if he and Jessica Tarlov only spar on the show or if there’s a real-life rivalry between them, Jesse Watters admitted he is fond of his co-host.
“Jessica’s great … We used to go on Hannity together. He used to have Jess versus Jessica, and we’d do it at 9:00, then take the subway downtown after the show because we both lived downtown,” he shared. “Jessica and I are friendly. We don’t hang out on the weekends, but we’re good.”
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Douchebag trying to make an attempt as not sounding like a douchebag. Got it.
“I’m working on that”
No, just stop being condescending, you boorish tool.