Jesse Watters criticized for his comments about Pete Hegseth

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Is there more to Jesse Watters than the answer to the question: What if Ross of friends, but worse?

In his latest controversy, the head of Fox News has decided to turn Pete Hegseth’s ridiculous new testosterone policy into even more of a joke than it already is.

But it’s unfortunate that instead of satire, his joke implied that US military service members would become sexually indiscriminate, and warned women inside and outside the military.

Even among his fellow conservatives at Fox News, things are not going well.

Jesse Watters on TV.
Jesse Watters appears live during a Fox News special ahead of Trump’s joint speech on March 4, 2025. (Image source: Jamal Countess/Getty Images)

It starts with the Trump regime’s biggest warmonger (now that Lindsey Graham is dead).

This week, Pete Hegseth released a very strange video, which we’ll embed below.

In his announcement, he noted that military personnel over the age of 30 will receive annual checks of their testosterone levels.

Those under 30 years of age can voluntarily apply for offers.

“Fighters,” which is one of the more ridiculous terms we’ve heard in recent years, can then get supplemental testosterone if their deficiency is discovered.

It’s all very strange. But it is linked to the Trump regime’s obsession with hypermasculinity at the expense of everything else.

WATTERS: Women on base, you better be careful. Port calls, Asian women, you better be careful. Because these people will be wild animals and you better watch out. pic.twitter.com/R95gFpYEmA

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This led to Fox The fivea group of committee members – photo The view But if all the panelists were Candace Cameron Bure, they’d dig deep into the new politics.

And Watters seemed quite cheerful as he warned women around the world (including, for whatever horrific reason, Asian women specifically).

“Do you know what will happen?” he teased.

“People who don’t need it will take it — a triple push,” Watters warned passionately.

He continued: “And then they will go out there and there will be women on the base, so it is better to be careful.”

Hegseth says the Army will test service members' testosterone levels

“You’d better be careful,” he says as if this were a fun, light-hearted topic.

“Women in Asia, you better be careful,” Watters continued, undeterred by the obvious signs of discomfort from his colleagues.

“Because these guys are going to be wild animals,” he announced, “and you better watch out.”

Watters looks like a panelist from a sci-fi horror film shortly before the broader plot goes off the rails.

But, more than that, it certainly seemed like he was joking about military personnel committing rape and other acts of sexual assault, fueled by some kind of “fog” of testosterone.

Meanwhile, his fellow panelists seemed to be squirming in their seats, unsure of what to say but feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Fox News’ Jesse Watters discusses his distrust of effeminate women: It’s all about men not getting into it. When a girl is bisexual, we don’t trust her. The people I met are very strange. Saying you are bisexual is not a turn on.

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This is not the first time Watters has been in trouble for this same line of thinking.

Earlier this year, he joked about Jeffrey Epstein, describing the pedophile as “just a middleman, a guy who gives advice.”

He was also angry against bisexual women (regarding… Supergirl The film, which doesn’t delve into Kara Zor-El’s sexuality or anyone else’s sexuality), declares that it finds anything but heterosexuality a turn-off.

Watters’ vilification of military service members as rapists not only misunderstands the role hormones play in behavior, but he also seems to think of sexual violence as a comic inconvenience for women rather than a potentially life- and career-destroying trauma.

He is also wrong. If you’ve known someone on the T, they’re more likely to like their home cooler and to have more snacks on hand rather than rushing into violent acts like… Law & Order: SVU A twist on The Incredible Hulk.

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