Prominent Fox News figure and evening host Greg Gutfeld ridiculed the ‘mainstream’ media for their portrayal of former President Donald Trump’s remarks regarding the writing of jokes by certain individuals at the network prior to the Al Smith charity dinner last week.
Trump participated in the dinner on Thursday, an occasion where the leading candidates from both major parties engage in light-hearted roasts of one another and other attendees every four years. Vice President Kamala Harris opted not to attend, marking the first time a presidential candidate has skipped the event since Walter Mondale, another Democrat, in 1984.
During the dinner, the former president made jokes at the expense of White Dudes, including Harris, Senator Chuck Schumer, former President Barack Obama, and New York Mayor Eric Adams, among others. On Friday, during a live segment on the “Fox & Friends” morning show, co-host Steve Doocy inquired about the jokes from Trump.
“Your material was real funny, who wrote it?” he inquired.
“Well, I’ve had a lot of people helping, a lot of people,” Trump responded. “A couple of people from Fox, actually. I shouldn’t say that, but they wrote some jokes, and for the most part, I didn’t like any of them, right?”
Several media organizations covered Trump’s comments; however, shortly thereafter, Fox released a statement refuting the claims: “FOX News confirmed that no employee or freelancer authored the jokes.” During Friday’s episode of “The Five,” Gutfeld criticized the media for disseminating Trump’s statements without first verifying the information with the network.
“The best part was the meltdown over the speech,” he said. “Trump said somebody at Fox helped him write the jokes. Wasn’t true. It was a comedian who sends me riffs on my monologue. And these left-wing housebound auditors on social media put on their reporter caps, thought they had a Watergate scandal they were breaking.”
Gutfeld added: “Their whole career is based on moments of another person’s actual career. While we have fun, they wet their couches. At some point, you should revisit the trajectory of your life if your dopamine is dependent on what you think other people have done.”
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