TV host asked to apologise for ‘weight’ comments on Clarkson
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren demands apology from colleague Chris Wallace for allegedly making comments about pop singer Kelly Clarkson’s weight.
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren demands apology from colleague Chris Wallace for allegedly making comments about pop singer Kelly Clarkson’s weight.
Wallace made the comments during a radio appearance on “The Mike Gallagher Show”, in which the two began joking about Gallagher’s weight, reported Aceshowbiz.
Then with one comment, Gallagher, 54, reportedly brought up Clarkson, 32.
“Listen, don’t fat shame me. You do a lot of fat shaming,” Gallagher said, according to an audio and transcript by Media Matters.
“That’s the new phrase now, ‘fat shaming.’ Have you seen Kelly Clarkson? You know the singer, Kelly Clarkson? Holy cow, did she blow up.” At first Wallace, 67, did not engage.
“Really? Do we want to talk about some of your friends?” he said. He later added, “Kelly Clarkson’s got a lovely voice.” Then he continued, “She could stay off the deep dish pizza for a little while.”
Van Susteren, 60, criticised the exchange on her blog. “This ‘guy snickering’ about her weight is obnoxious. He should apologise,” she wrote.
Neither Clarkson nor Wallace have publicly commented, but Clarkson has long battled excessive scrutiny over her weight.
Source:: Indian Express
