{"id":1976237,"date":"2023-07-18T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-watters-first-show-as-tuckers-replacement-ends-in-embarrassment-when-his-own-mom-calls-in-this-was-a-bad-idea\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T13:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:29:37","slug":"jesse-watters-first-show-as-tuckers-replacement-ends-in-embarrassment-when-his-own-mom-calls-in-this-was-a-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-watters-first-show-as-tuckers-replacement-ends-in-embarrassment-when-his-own-mom-calls-in-this-was-a-bad-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Watters&#8217; debut as Tucker&#8217;s replacement goes awry as his mom calls in, admitting it was a regrettable decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjesse-watters-first-show-as-tuckers-replacement-ends-in-embarrassment-when-his-own-mom-calls-in-this-was-a-bad-idea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976237&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Jesse \u200dWatters&#8217; First Show as Tucker&#8217;s Replacement\u2063 Ends\u2064 in Embarrassment\u200b When \u2063His\u2062 Own Mom \u2062Calls In:\u2064 &#8216;This\u2063 Was a Bad Idea&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Monday\u2019s \u2062premiere of \u201cJesse\u200d Watters Primetime\u201d at 8 p.m. ET\u2062 was an \u2064embarrassment \u2063for\u200b Fox News\u200d and an \u200cinsult to viewers \u2063at home who\u2062 had grown accustomed \u200cto\u2063 substantive \u2063conversations and\u200c topics during the \u200chour.<\/p>\n<p>Watters\u2019 liberal\u2064 mother called in to \u2062castigate him on television\u2063 for his criticism \u2064of President\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thanks-biden-gigantic-american-oil-caverns-siting-empty-will-take-decades-refill\/\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> \u2064and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-attorney-sends-threatening-demand-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> \u200cand she\u2062 also asked him\u2062 to stop talking \u200cabout adults who\u2064 push children to <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-trans-surgery-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mutilate<\/a> \u200ctheir\u2064 bodies.<\/p>\n<p>If that wasn\u2019t embarrassing enough for Fox News, she \u2062also appeared to\u2063 insult \u2062former network\u200b host\u200d Tucker Carlson and \u2063the\u2064 show was seemingly prerecorded.<\/p>\n<p>Watters\u2019 show\u2062 was placed in Carlson\u2019s\u200b old time slot beginning this week \u200das\u2063 part of Fox News\u2019 prime-time shakeup.<\/p>\n<p>Amid\u200d sinking viewership over the\u2063 decision to\u2063 oust Carlson,\u200b the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-jan-6-hearing-coverage-is-complicity-in-campaign-to-fool-the-public\/\" title=\"Tucker: Jan 6 Hearing Coverage Is Complicity in Campaign to Fool the Public\">entire primetime lineup<\/a> was \u200breshuffled \u2014 minus the hour that has \u200bbeen held by \u200b<a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-makes-announcement-sean-hannity-amid-prime-time-shake\/\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean \u200cHannity<\/a> \u200dfor more\u2062 than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>With Carlson\u2062 at\u2064 the helm, 8 p.m. on Fox \u2062News was must-see \u200cTV \u200bfor\u200b years\u2063 as \u200dthe host \u2063poked\u200c the\u200c bear \u2062and demanded \u2062accountability from\u200c government at all times.<\/p>\n<p>No \u2062one was \u200dsafe \u2063from\u200c the biting analysis and \u200conslaughts\u200d of blunt questions no\u200b one else was willing \u2064to \u200dask \u2014 especially duplicitous people such as \u200bRepublican\u2064 Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-rally-crowd-shows-lindsey-graham-maga-really-feels\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> of South\u200d Carolina, who wouldn\u2019t dare \u2063appear on \u201cTucker\u2062 Carlson Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Fox News \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-changes-prime-time-slogan-apparent-dig-tucker-carlson\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled<\/a>\u2062 the \u2062irreplaceable Carlson from \u2063the air at the height of his\u200d popularity \u2063and forced\u200d Watters liberal mother on \u200dviewers during his \u200binaugural \u2062show\u2064 Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2019\/11\/jesse-watters-the-five-mom-texts\/602614\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">Anne\u200c Watters<\/a>,\u2063 a\u2064 proud\u200c liberal, called \u200dinto the show\u200d to evaluate \u200cher \u200cson\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u200cdir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our \u2063first 8pm \u2062show\u2063 is in the\u200d books, so how \u200bdid\u2062 we do?\u200c My mom calls in \u200cwith some advice. <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w8psRW1Whm\">pic.twitter.com\/w8psRW1Whm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseBWatters\/status\/1681131676234313729?\">July\u200c 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His mother responded, \u201cI\u200d want \u2063to say congratulations, honey \u2062bun, we \u200care so proud of you \u200dand your accomplishments \u200cand you\u2019ve worked so hard. Now let\u2019s\u2064 aim\u200b to have\u200b you \u2062keep your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo\u2064 that\u200b end, \u2063I do\u200c have some suggestions,\u201d she \u200csaid. \u201cDo\u2063 not \u200dtumble\u200c into\u2064 any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-watters-first-show-as-tuckers-replacement-ends-in-embarrassment-when-his-own-mom-calls-in-this-was-a-bad-idea\/\" title=\"Jesse Watters' debut as Tucker's replacement goes awry as his mom calls in, admitting it was a regrettable decision.\">conspiracy\u200b rabbit holes<\/a>. We \u2063do \u200bnot \u2062want \u2062to\u2064 lose\u200c you and we\u200d want no \u2062lawsuits, OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then made \u200dsome comments that \u2062are \u2063easy\u200d to \u2064interpret\u200b as insults\u200d to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-fox-news-banning-senators-network-done-tucker\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlson<\/a> \u2064\u2014 who\u200d the rest \u2063of \u2063the media has tried \u2062to portray as a\u200c wild \u200bconspiracy\u2062 theorist:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn \u2062keeping \u2064with the Hippocratic Oath, \u200bdo no harm. We\u200c need you\u200c to\u2062 be kind\u200c and\u2062 respectful. You \u200byourself mentioned that humble is a stretch, so I get\u2063 that. Use your voice\u2063 responsibly to promote conversation \u200cthat\u2064 maintains a narrative\u200d thread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere \u2062really has \u200cbeen\u200d enough \u200bBiden \u200bbashing and the\u2062 laptop is old. Perhaps\u200c you \u2064can\u200c suggest \u2062that your\u2064 people\u2064 take less interest,\u2062 for example,\u2063 in other people\u2019s bodies and talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newly-released-texts-reveal-jesse-watters-wanted-2-fox-news-hosts-fired-2020-election-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watters<\/a> cut in to say\u200d he \u200dwas discussing\u200b protecting children\u2019s bodies \u200cbut mom \u200dkept talking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew this \u2062was a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">bad idea<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2063 concluded,\u2063 \u201cI\u2019m speaking at a small dinner between \u200d5 and 8\u201d before \u200dthe \u200ccall \u200cended.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2063Watters\u2019 mom \u2063was planning \u2062to speak \u2064to a bunch of other\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-democrats-block-bill-crack-child-traffickers-get-heckled-victims-sob\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> between 5 and 8\u2062 p.m. \u2062ET, then what \u200dwas she \u200ddoing on \u200cthe \u200dphone \u2063with \u200dWatters prior\u2064 to those comments?<\/p>\n<p>It appeared as\u2064 though\u200c the \u2064phone\u200b call was recorded \u200dprior\u2063 to the airing \u200bof \u2063the show\u200b and\u200d that producers saw\u2064 no\u2064 issue with her \u2062tacit insults \u200bof Carlson or with the death of the \u200cintegrity\u2062 of \u200bthe time slot.<\/p>\n<p>Not \u200bto \u200dinsult Watters on a \u200bpersonal \u2062level,\u2062 but\u2063 if Fox News\u200d were\u200d a football \u200cteam seeking a quarterback to propel \u2063it to prime \u2062time to ratings glory, he wouldn\u2019t be\u2064 the obvious \u200dstarter.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the \u200dnetwork cut\u2064 the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fluctuating-tom-brady-step-away-10-year-375-million-deal-fox-sports-report\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom \u200dBrady<\/a> of political commentary \u2062and journalism and replaced him with\u200c the game \u2062manager\u200c that \u2062is Watters.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dgame manager has baggage in \u2064a mom who\u2063 roots for \u200danother team,\u200d and\u200d that\u2062 is supposed\u2063 to endear him to people \u2063who\u200c are watching.<\/p>\n<p>While Watters is willing to go <em>there<\/em> on many \u200bissues, \u2062the reality\u200b is \u200dhe was the safe replacement for\u200c Carlson \u2063in \u2062that he will most likely never step over\u200d whatever \u2063parameters \u200bthe \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/company-owned-rupert-murdoch-posts-tuckers-big-announcement-video-comments-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murdoch<\/a> family has set for him.<\/p>\n<p>He is \u200bcomfortable,\u2062 liked\u200c and familiar.<\/p>\n<p>Fox\u200b News will \u200dexpect Carlson\u2019s fans to\u2062 return to regularly\u200d watching \u2062his \u200bold\u2063 time slot with Watters because\u2063 the \u2063network does not respect \u200dits \u2064audience and that\u2019s what happened after\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/next-host-take-tuckers-old-prime-time-spot-audience-cut-half\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\">Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/a> was\u2064 axed and Carlson was\u2063 put under\u200b center \u2062in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>But O\u2019Reilly was\u2063 replaced by \u200ca \u200cheavyweight \u2064whereas no one \u200dcan\u200d replicate Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>The 8\u200b p.m. \u2063hour is now a \u2062shell of its former self \u200dand Fox News desperately wants\u2064 viewers to see how \u2064relatable\u200b its\u200d new starter is.<\/p>\n<p><em>He has a \u200bmom!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Watters\u2019 mom\u2062 disagrees with\u2063 him and he\u2019s a\u200d good son!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Keep watching!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s embarrassing gimmick was an insult\u200d to the\u2063 good \u2064people who have been watching\u2063 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-becomes-worse-cnn-segment-misgendering-dylan-mulvaney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox\u200b News<\/a>\u200c since\u200b the \u200clate\u200d 1990s to escape being\u2063 insulted by\u200b the\u2064 left\u2063 for \u200bhow\u200d they\u200c worship, vote and \u2062think.<\/p>\n<p>Watters already faced an uphill climb in\u200c taking over the \u2062hour. During \u200dhis humiliating \u200cdebut,\u2063 his\u200c far-left mother\u200b was enlisted \u2063to\u2064 wrist-slap \u200dhim on the \u2063air, shade\u2062 his wildly \u2062successful\u2062 predecessor and dismiss issues\u2063 that conservatives\u200d care\u200c about.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 post \u2064<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jesse-watters-first-show-tuckers-replacement-ends-embarrassment-mom-calls-bad-idea\/\">Jesse Watters&#8217; \u200dFirst Show as Tucker&#8217;s Replacement Ends in\u2062 Embarrassment When His \u200dOwn Mom Calls\u2062 In: &#8216;This Was a\u2063 Bad\u200c Idea&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a \u200brel=\"nofollow\" \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; debut at 8 p.m. ET on Monday was a disappointment for viewers seeking substantive discussions. The show&#8217;s liberal mother even called in to criticize Watters on-air for his remarks about President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. 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