Savage Comeback: Jesse Watters Transforms Hollywood Jab into Ratings Triumph with Scorching Fox News Monologue When a self-important Hollywood A-lister dismissed him as a “simpleton,” Jesse Watters didn’t just respond—he unleashed a blistering critique of celebrity hypocrisy that has audiences roaring with approval. Armed with razor-sharp wit and unshakeable confidence, Watters flipped the insult into a viral, must-see television moment. His takedown was brutally effective, his delivery unforgettable, and the aftermath is spreading like wildfire online. See the clip that everyone’s buzzing about—watch below. 👇👇

Jesse Watters FIRES BACK after Hollywood actor calls him a ‘SIMPLETON’ — Fox host turns INSULT into RATINGS GOLD while exposing the hypocrisy behind the celebrity outrage machine
Fox News presenter Jesse Watters drew flak from an unexpected quarter on Wednesday after he referred to former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the first Black American to hold that role, as a “DEI hire.”
The host of Primetime was discussing Jean-Pierre’s surprise announcement that she has left the Democratic Party and written a new book explaining that decision, titled Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.
Referring to Jean-Pierre disparagingly as “Binder” throughout the segment, seemingly because she carried a binder of notes to her briefing sessions with reporters during her tenure in the Biden administration, Watters was scathing.
Jesse Watters hosting his Fox News show on Wednesday June 4 2025 (Fox News/X)
“Look at the name of the book: Inside a Broken White House. Now she’s telling us the White House was broken?” Watters continued.
“Wait a second, who else wrote a book about this? Yeah, Tapper. Binder’s now DEI Tapper. I wonder who got paid more.”
A clip of the Fox pundit’s comments shared on X by the ever-prolific Acyn was leapt on by veteran actor Michael McKean, best known to audiences as Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul (2015-2022) and, before that, hapless heavy metal band frontman David St Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap (1984).
Over the weekend, Watters joked that all of Sports Illustrated’s swimwear models were obese in the Biden era because of political correctness considerations.
Karine Jean-Pierre in her former role as Joe Biden’s White House press secretary (Getty)