During a 2017 episode of “The Five,” where he serves as host, Jesse Watters passed commentary on Ivanka Trump’s visit to Berlin, where she served as a panel member at a Women’s Economic Empowerment summit hosted by then Chancellor Angela Merkel. While at the event, Ivanka spoke in favor of her father, Donald Trump, describing him as a “tremendous champion of supporting families” and an ally for women. Unsprising, Ivanka’s praise for her father was not well-received, as the audience reacted with a boo.
Commenting on the situation, Watters criticized the audience’s reaction while accusing them of disrespecting women. “It’s funny. The left says they really respect women, and then when given an opportunity to respect a woman like that, they boo and hiss,” he said on “The Five” at the time. Speaking further, Watters complimented Ivanka with a comment deemed inappropriate by many. “I don’t really get what’s going on here, but I really liked how she was speaking into that microphone,” he added.
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Shortly after his comment, Watters came under fire from critics who accused him of making a sexual innuendo about Ivanka. “Congratulations, Jesse Watters, you’re a disgusting pig as well as being a racist moron,” journalist John Podhoretz wrote on Twitter. “Disgusting and unbelievable. Let alone this is a counselor to the President and first daughter. Action [should be] taken,” journalist and political commentator Mika Brzezinski tweeted at the time.
