Fox News host Jesse Watters reportedly apologized after calling for the United Nations’ New York City headquarters to be “bombed” or “gassed” for inconveniencing President Donald Trump during his recent U.N. visit.
U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday that Watters had privately apologized to U.N. global communications chief Melissa Fleming after the organization contacted Fox News with concerns about the violent remarks, Reuters reported.
“There is nothing funny or ironic in calling for the bombing, the gassing, the destruction of this building,” Dujarric told reporters, according to Reuters. “That kind of language is unacceptable.”
“We know painfully the reality of what happens when threats are made against the U.N. We lost friends in Baghdad. I personally walked through the rubble of the building in Algiers where the U.N. was bombed. Our colleagues in Abuja were also bombed,” he added.
PEOPLE has reached out to Fox News for comment.
Ahead of the president’s address at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 23, an escalator froze just after he and first lady Melania Trump stepped onto it, forcing them to walk up the steps.
While co-hosting The Five later that day, Watters accused U.N. staffers of “sabotaging” the escalator, as well as a teleprompter that went dark during Trump’s speech, characterizing the malfunctions as “an insurrection.”
U.N. officials, however, have said that the stopped escalator was triggered by the misstep of a cameraman traveling with the American delegation, and that the White House was in charge of operating the teleprompter.
“What we need to do is either leave the U.N. or we need to bomb it,” Watters, 47, said on The Five, to chuckles from his colleagues. “[The U.N. headquarters] is in New York, though, right? Could be some fallout there. Maybe gas it?”
“Let’s not do that,” co-host Dana Perino, 53, warned off camera.
“Don’t gas it. Okay, but we need to destroy it. Maybe can we demolish the building? Have everybody leave and then we’ll demolish the building,” Watters continued.
fromouterspace1 on
Waters said men shouldn’t use straws. One time I heard him say “lying jake tapper….lets quote his book”
Comfortable_Pea2065 on
Ohh how the US has become Russia
cyinyde on
Jesse Waters is such a waste of oxygen, the trees outside his house have been seen holding picket signs.
NiWF on
Tell me again, how is it that “woke lefties” are the snowflakes?
OriginalCause on
I wish the double standard here was something even worth still pointing out.
Kimmel implies a shooter may have been MAGA, he’s *instantly* cancelled*.*
Jesse Watters, among other heinous things, straight up says the United Nations should be bombed or gassed. And you know he meant with everyone inside. And nothing will come of it. *Nothing*.
It’s beyond infuriating.
timothypjr on
They didn’t even do it! It was a camera man and the White House staff that stopped the escalator and screwed up the teleprompter.
2nd_Inf_Sgt on
didn’t TACO gas the building enough, already?
Vibingwhitecat on
All cause Trump had to walk up a flight of stairs?
AdhesivenessFun2060 on
All because trumps photographer triggered the emergency stop.
Kaleban on
*Calls for destruction and murder over an escalator*
Leftist lunatics are politically violent!
tbizzone on
So, this maga Fox domestic terrorist just suggested bombing or gassing the UN building in NYC because someone within orange führer’s own detail hit the stop button on an escalator?
Icy-Squirrel6422 on
Trump thinks he’s the most important person in the world, but he’s not.
YANDHII2 on
These people are unhinged. Trump is not God and American is not Heaven either! Selfish basterds!
loptgathi on
Can we get to the end, where we find all these news organizations are in collusion and they have to surrender all the shares.
Anyone owning stock just loses that money.
And the owners are prosecuted for promoting an insurrection , and then public executions.
Not much really.
definitely_royce on
What an ass hat.
PreviousDingo6137 on
The fuck your feelings crowd seems awful sensitive. All is see is a blizzard of red snowflakes anymore.
nganders on
Why not just take the opportunity to move the UN headquarters to a country that wouldn’t allow war criminals to show up and make a speach?
Tater_Mater on
What in the actual f. That dude should never be allowed to be a “reporter” or “anchor”
AGuyWhoBrokeBad on
Fox News is terrorist propaganda. I wonder what would happen if Al Quada bought a cable channel and started to broadcast talking points? At this point, it’s basically the same thing.
not_beniot on
Someone must be held responsible for forcing our fat fucking pig of a president to walk up some stairs
morts73 on
Let me guess, this isn’t considered hateful or violent speech because right wingers are justified in their language and actions.
Rickrickrickrickrick on
Trump, the manliest of men, was defeated by an escalator.
izeak1185 on
Bombs and gas and they are not the ones insight the violence? Why isn’t anyone being fired or or having to apologize?
worldisone on
Maybe because he knows Jews are in the UN gas came to his mind? He loves Nazis afterall
100harvests on
He can just say he was joking and get away with it. So next time the “radical left” shoots at Trump, we can say “just kidding”. 😂😂😂
Dubiousgoober on
These folks aren’t journalists. They are opinionists.
Victor-LG on
How do they get away with these words?🤨🤦♀️😳🧐🤬
A church was basically blown up🤦♀️
Fox over here creating click bait
🤨
InternationalArt6222 on
Get him off the air
meowsaysdexter on
They didn’t just hurt his feelings. They tried to make him walk up stairs!!!! Also, somehow endangered Melania despite it being Trump’s ppl that did it. Libruls are gonna pay.
/s
That-Entrance1829 on
What the fuck are they going to do when the boomers old age takes their last breath?
BlueEyedPumpkinHead on
Tell me one more time how it’s the liberals that are always so violent.
love_concerts61 on
Why does he want to brown nose so bad? The man makes himself look like a total moron. Or maybe it’s just that he is a moron saying such sad comments. Wanting to kill other human beings. WTF
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As per the [original article](https://people.com/jesse-watters-privately-apologized-united-nations-comments-11820678):
Fox News host Jesse Watters reportedly apologized after calling for the United Nations’ New York City headquarters to be “bombed” or “gassed” for inconveniencing President Donald Trump during his recent U.N. visit.
U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday that Watters had privately apologized to U.N. global communications chief Melissa Fleming after the organization contacted Fox News with concerns about the violent remarks, Reuters reported.
“There is nothing funny or ironic in calling for the bombing, the gassing, the destruction of this building,” Dujarric told reporters, according to Reuters. “That kind of language is unacceptable.”
“We know painfully the reality of what happens when threats are made against the U.N. We lost friends in Baghdad. I personally walked through the rubble of the building in Algiers where the U.N. was bombed. Our colleagues in Abuja were also bombed,” he added.
PEOPLE has reached out to Fox News for comment.
Ahead of the president’s address at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 23, an escalator froze just after he and first lady Melania Trump stepped onto it, forcing them to walk up the steps.
While co-hosting The Five later that day, Watters accused U.N. staffers of “sabotaging” the escalator, as well as a teleprompter that went dark during Trump’s speech, characterizing the malfunctions as “an insurrection.”
U.N. officials, however, have said that the stopped escalator was triggered by the misstep of a cameraman traveling with the American delegation, and that the White House was in charge of operating the teleprompter.
“What we need to do is either leave the U.N. or we need to bomb it,” Watters, 47, said on The Five, to chuckles from his colleagues. “[The U.N. headquarters] is in New York, though, right? Could be some fallout there. Maybe gas it?”
“Let’s not do that,” co-host Dana Perino, 53, warned off camera.
“Don’t gas it. Okay, but we need to destroy it. Maybe can we demolish the building? Have everybody leave and then we’ll demolish the building,” Watters continued.
Waters said men shouldn’t use straws. One time I heard him say “lying jake tapper….lets quote his book”
Ohh how the US has become Russia
Jesse Waters is such a waste of oxygen, the trees outside his house have been seen holding picket signs.
Tell me again, how is it that “woke lefties” are the snowflakes?
I wish the double standard here was something even worth still pointing out.
Kimmel implies a shooter may have been MAGA, he’s *instantly* cancelled*.*
Jesse Watters, among other heinous things, straight up says the United Nations should be bombed or gassed. And you know he meant with everyone inside. And nothing will come of it. *Nothing*.
It’s beyond infuriating.
They didn’t even do it! It was a camera man and the White House staff that stopped the escalator and screwed up the teleprompter.
didn’t TACO gas the building enough, already?
All cause Trump had to walk up a flight of stairs?
All because trumps photographer triggered the emergency stop.
*Calls for destruction and murder over an escalator*
Leftist lunatics are politically violent!
So, this maga Fox domestic terrorist just suggested bombing or gassing the UN building in NYC because someone within orange führer’s own detail hit the stop button on an escalator?
Trump thinks he’s the most important person in the world, but he’s not.
These people are unhinged. Trump is not God and American is not Heaven either! Selfish basterds!
Can we get to the end, where we find all these news organizations are in collusion and they have to surrender all the shares.
Anyone owning stock just loses that money.
And the owners are prosecuted for promoting an insurrection , and then public executions.
Not much really.
What an ass hat.
The fuck your feelings crowd seems awful sensitive. All is see is a blizzard of red snowflakes anymore.
Why not just take the opportunity to move the UN headquarters to a country that wouldn’t allow war criminals to show up and make a speach?
What in the actual f. That dude should never be allowed to be a “reporter” or “anchor”
Fox News is terrorist propaganda. I wonder what would happen if Al Quada bought a cable channel and started to broadcast talking points? At this point, it’s basically the same thing.
Someone must be held responsible for forcing our fat fucking pig of a president to walk up some stairs
Let me guess, this isn’t considered hateful or violent speech because right wingers are justified in their language and actions.
Trump, the manliest of men, was defeated by an escalator.
Bombs and gas and they are not the ones insight the violence? Why isn’t anyone being fired or or having to apologize?
Maybe because he knows Jews are in the UN gas came to his mind? He loves Nazis afterall
He can just say he was joking and get away with it. So next time the “radical left” shoots at Trump, we can say “just kidding”. 😂😂😂
These folks aren’t journalists. They are opinionists.
How do they get away with these words?🤨🤦♀️😳🧐🤬
A church was basically blown up🤦♀️
Fox over here creating click bait
🤨
Get him off the air
They didn’t just hurt his feelings. They tried to make him walk up stairs!!!! Also, somehow endangered Melania despite it being Trump’s ppl that did it. Libruls are gonna pay.
/s
What the fuck are they going to do when the boomers old age takes their last breath?
Tell me one more time how it’s the liberals that are always so violent.
Why does he want to brown nose so bad? The man makes himself look like a total moron. Or maybe it’s just that he is a moron saying such sad comments. Wanting to kill other human beings. WTF