{"id":1479,"date":"2025-01-21T23:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:51:47","slug":"jesse-watters-sparks-outrage-with-controversial-take-on-birthday-wishes-peak-stupidity-say-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/?p=1479","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Watters Sparks Outrage with Controversial Take on Birthday Wishes: \u2018Peak Stupidity\u2019 Say Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News host Jesse Watters has left fans feeling confused thanks to his unconventional view on men wishing each other \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d<br \/>\nJesse Watters has infuriated fans once again thanks to his bizarre outlook on men wishing each other Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The  Fox News host, who once proclaimed that men shouldn\u2019t be seen licking ice cream in public, was back Wednesday with another odd take: that men shouldn\u2019t tell other men \u201chappy birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesse\u2019s rather odd outlook came off the back of it being President Joe Biden\u2019s 82nd birthday on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The special occasion prompted the political commentator to explain why he would not be giving the customary message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimetime would wish him a happy birthday, but we have rules here: Men don\u2019t wish men happy birthdays,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Watters<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Watters presenting Fox News on Wednesday (Image: FoxNews)<\/p>\n<p>Jesse made a similar comment on the September 12 episode of his show when it was his colleague Greg Gutfeld\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not wishing him a happy birthday. That would not be manly,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his opinion, Jesse has wished other men happy birthday before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone keeps wishing me a happy birthday\u2026but it\u2019s not my birthday. It\u2019s @DavidSchwimmer \u2026 happy bday \u2026 you look good bro,\u201d Jesse penned in a November 2017 post on what was then Twitter, tagging an account appearing to belong to the Friends actor.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Watters<\/p>\n<p>Jesse claimed that men shouldn\u2019t say Happy Birthday to other men (Image: Fox News)<\/p>\n<p>Fans were also not impressed with Jesse\u2019s remark. Taking to X, viewer @ElizabethShaula wrote: \u201cHe\u2019s so pathetically stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second fan @VashH3 asked: \u201cWhat ??? How many times was Watters dropped on his head at birth,\u201d with @mrhenderson95 adding: \u201cPeak stupidity!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And user @cdacko claimed: \u201cThere is something wrong with this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While @ergoking blasting: \u201cJesse Watters sounds like a deeply self-loathing man who has unresolved sexuality issues. Real men have no qualms about normal human interactions, such as wishing another person a Happy Birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News host Jesse Watters has left fans feeling confused thanks to his unconventional view on men wishing each other \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d Jesse Watters has infuriated fans once again thanks to his bizarre outlook on men wishing each other Happy Birthday. The Fox News host, who once proclaimed that men shouldn\u2019t be seen licking ice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}