In short
The episode discusses Fox News’ segment on “thirst traps over think tanks,” arguing Democrats supposedly want “hotter” candidates.
Guests
Kylie and Pumps (the hosts), plus references to Fox hosts Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Waters; also mentioned are Jessica Tarlov, Andy Cohen (radio appearance), comedian Adam Friedland, and politicians John Ossoff and Gavin Newsom; “Pritzker” (J.B. Pritzker) is referenced for weight/relatability.
Key claims
Fox is accused of fixating on appearance, using scripted “hot people” arguments, and avoiding serious issues (the episode alleges Trump’s dementia and Epstein-related claims).
Notable examples
clips about Ossoff being “hot,” Pritzker discussing weight, and Fox’s discussion of “hot” Democrats like Kamala Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, and AOC.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOFox News and The Five Discussion
1:05 to 2:24
Analyzing Fox News' focus on appearance over critical issues.
“And you would think with the nation heading to war and major inflation, oil prices, astronomical, complete face plant of their dear leader, Donald Trump, they might talk about that.”
The Importance of Looks in Politics
2:24 to 3:56
Debating the significance of candidates' attractiveness and public perception.
“And if you think about Bravo, you think about all the women in the shows, all the gays in the shows, of course, this is the way normal people speak, which Jessica Tarlov points out at the end of that.”
Media Critique and Gender Dynamics
3:56 to 5:56
Critiquing media narratives and gender roles in political discussions.
“Now you're going to hear from Gutfeld and Jesse.”
Political Ideals and Personal Appearance
5:56 to 8:13
Discussing the relationship between political ideals and candidate attractiveness.
“What a slap in the face of the ogres and the crusties and the misfits who they pay to man their protests.”
Psychological Insights on Political Behavior
8:13 to 13:17
Exploring the psychological motivations behind political beliefs and behaviors.
“And now I like the fact that Democrats have gone from like, we need like a transgender Native American amputee to just someone who's hot.”
The Impact of Fox News on Viewers
14:00 to 14:54
Discuss the emotional and psychological effects of consuming content from Fox News.
“It's just like, I cannot believe my parents sit and watch that.”
Transcript
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1:04Okay, sometimes we have to check in on what's going on over at Fox. And you would think with the nation heading to war and major inflation, oil prices, astronomical, complete face plant of their dear leader, Donald Trump, they might talk about that. But much to my surprise, they're talking about my co-host and me on The Five. Kylie, let's play part of the clip. Policy, do the Democrats just need a good-looking guy to win in 2028? Check out this headline, thirst traps over think tanks. Dems want hotter candidates on the ballot. And they might be onto something because the liberals are obsessed with looks.
1:47Watch. Maybe a John Ossoff. I'm sorry. Oh, my God. I want a hot president. I've been challenged with my weight for most of my life, honestly. And so, you know, the idea and I have succeeded and failed. No, you're just you're hot, dude. You're hot, dude. Why did you write this book? Just just write a follow up. Be like, this is how I became the hottest, biggest pimp. Not sure why. OK, pause it right there and then we'll we'll return to it in just a second. So first and foremost, Pumps and I were on Andy Cohen, who is the Bravo guy. We were on his radio show. This is not a political show. We're talking about politics.
2:30And if you think about Bravo, you think about all the women in the shows, all the gays in the shows, of course, this is the way normal people speak, which Jessica Tarlov points out at the end of that. You're like, oh yeah, I like John Ossoff. Oh yeah, he's pretty hot. And everybody in the comment section, don't go bananas about whatever Ossoff stands on. That's not what this, that's not what this video is about. This video is about that then they go to Adam Friedland, who's a comedian. who is just messing with Gavin Newsom. And they're trying so desperately to make this a story because they cannot talk about the fact that the president of the United States has full-blown dementia, a full diaper, and is in the Epstein files over 1 million times with credible, under oath, accusations of child rape, pumps.
3:22You know, here's the thing I'm thinking about that. On The Five, Greg Getfield, and Jesse Waters, all they do is talk about how people look, how ugly women are, how fat, they are the looks police. And there has never been a president that attacks people more for their looks and the lowest hanging fruit than Donald Trump. So here's the deal. I don't give a shit what you think. You're the worst offenders. You can say nothing to me. There's nothing these people can say that I will have any credibility for. And I do want to help president after we've had this ugly ass person. Like I do. I like the double down pumps.
3:59I like it. Okay. Kind of resume with the video. Now you're going to hear from Gutfeld and Jesse. All right. So Dana, let's just focus on certain things like Jennifer Welch, who calls Ossoff the future of the Democrat party as I want a hot president. Isn't that a very objective or subjective statement and feeling? Well, of course, but notice that it's the women are not suggesting that there's a a democratic woman that they would like to put forward right where's where's the girlhood and to me i mean kamala harris was an objectively beautiful person and she couldn't win so i'm not i don't think that's what it is i also think people are watching too much love story i like the show very much but they have this idea that if they go back and they recreate jfk that they'll be able to win but it's more about policies then there's nothing that comes to mind that is a p word that's pretty Yes.
4:54Greg, I mean, I think a lot of this maybe stems from the media fawning over Gavin Newsom and really blurring the lines from actual journalism to just straight up over, you know, stalking. Okay. Pause it. Pause it. Fox News. She's talking about journalism. You guys. And then, and then the other chick that like, they're acting like this is serious. They're taking something that was too, a radio show. Pritzker talking about his lifetime struggle with weight is really one of the more relatable experiences I think Americans have. So that was a really, you know, normal moment for him, but they're making it as a, as a negative.
5:36And then, uh, the Adam Friedland, it's just bananas, but listen to gut fill. Let's be honest. So now they're embracing biology, Dana. That hot people are preferable. I want a tall one, too. Who are physically fit. Of course you want a tall one. Well-groomed, dressed appropriately, sexy, i.e., attracted to the opposite sex. What a slap in the face of the ogres and the crusties and the misfits who they pay to man their protests. What happened to your love for the body-positive non-binary activists who stopped shaving and bathing to protest capitalism? Here's the problem. You can find a hot candidate, but who's going to buy it?
6:21People aren't attracted to ugly ideas. You know, hot people, speaking as one, I don't want to protect criminals or butcher kids. Beautiful people like good ideas. It's a fact. And winners are attractive, and people want to associate with winners. And if you're on the wrong end of every issue, that makes you a loser. And also, and I think you'll agree with me, Dana, beauty is truth, and truth is beauty. There's something ugly about deception, no matter how hot a woman is. Okay. I just want to point out, he has a piece of paper in front of him. He is reading. Yes. He is not speaking extemporaneously.
6:59This is a scripted response. Greg Gutfeld is unable to just off the cuff respond to this. And he has a couple of trolls at Fox prepare because he keeps looking down. You can see his hand moving along with it, which is just remarkable. Well, then here we get to Prissy Pants' Jesse Waters. Let's go over to Jesse.
7:24Okay, so Jesse, Peanut Butter Pritzker was in here because he was saying, like, you know, are you losing weight because you're sort of gearing up for the presidency? Is he gearing up for the candidacy? That's a different concept than voters straight up saying we need love story. We need an actually hot Democrat candidate, which I think doesn't exist. I have to disagree with Dana. I didn't think Kamala was hot. Oh, she was attractive. I'd say hot. I don't know. I mean, she was okay. Um, but I mean, we're talking hot that it's, she's not hot. Well, it's about hot people. Okay. I'm not going to go there.
8:04You're being generous. Do you ever see the politicians before television? It was like old fat guys with no hair, with like mutton shop sideburns. So TV is the thing. You gotta have a good looking person. And now I like the fact that Democrats have gone from like, we need like a transgender Native American amputee to just someone who's hot. And I feel like that's progress. Okay, Jessica, I saved you for last because apparently there's someone that's run this like Thirst Trap X account. and it's all about Senator my boo. Yes, yes. Here's what she said, sort of what you said, where she was like, it's about the values and that's what makes them hot.
8:42She pushed back against a rebuke of talks of masculinity, but at the same time saying that Ossoff was hot. So I feel like they're trying to thread the needle where they're like, oh no guys, it's just about putting, you know, men in women's bathrooms. And also though he has to be a 10 on the scale. It's not that complicated. They're talking like normal people, which you guys have been begging us to do for quite some time. John Ossoff is really good at his job. He's also attractive. Georgia Senate race now, Republicans have all but conceded that they're not going to be able to flip that seat back because he's that good.
9:12This is just being a normal human being. AOC is very hot. Gretchen Whitmer is very hot. Kamala Harris is very, all right, whatever. Maybe not, you don't want to go to date with Gretchen Whitmer. She won't go to date with you either. I'm just saying all of this is ridiculous. I won't answer her call. You want, okay. Jessica Tarlov, I really, really like her. I mean, she does such an important job in America for that 35 % that is in the cult because here they are. That was all a nothing burger. And it was just none of it was deep. It was just they're taking little tidbits from Democratic people.
9:46You, me, Andy Cohen, Adam Friedland, where we're, you know, being off script and talking about like, yeah, like pumps. You said, yeah, I don't care. I want a good guy. and I yeah I'd like to have a hot person too man or woman but they have to throw in as they're talking about this this is their go-to you guys this is all they have gender mutilation yes and then what did they say there at the end where you and I both just like threading the needle because we know we're not like we're gender something we're no longer going for it's like here's the deal I don't give a shit what your gender is I don't like it makes me no difference are you trans are you straight are you good i don't give a i don't want a sociopath in the white house again we've had that it's time to move on to a real person with real ideas that gives a flying fact we don't have that now and that whole thing i am dumber now i have to say i think calling him a sociopath sounds kind of like it's an intelligent thing i think that is an upgrade from what he really is like dementia.
10:53I think he has so psychopathic tendencies, but I don't think that this, I mean, this guy, what we're seeing in the, in the cabinet meetings, sleep, going on, going on, sleeping with a stroke victim. We have a stroke victim, pudding boy whose brain is cooked, who I wish Jesse waters, you know, Jesse waters loves to talk about how men eat. Yeah. I think great television would be Jesse waters going to the white House because Trump fancies a dinner in bed. He eats his meals in bed. And I think a patriotic thing that Lady Waters could do would be to go to the White House and go into Trump's bedroom, which by the way, he doesn't sleep with his wife and spoon feed him pudding and live stream it on Fox.
11:39I think that's a great idea. And you know, here's the thing about like Greg Gutfeld, how many times has he been ugly about you on that show? One million. It's not like he, he is a short, fat, very insecure, probably a two pump chump gyrator from hell. Like I, there's, it's just, I just feel dumber having watched that. It's, it's just, I can't even believe that somebody could take all that shit seriously. Like she's like, well, you know, they're not talking about women they're not supporting what the are you talking about that's all they have i mean i mean so think about what their party is think about what is so their whole subject is the dims and this is the ethos of the modern day republican party and trump says it all the time owning the radical liberal vermin from within you know and so that has become their whole ethos and Fox is a great conduit for that because the people who sit and watch this all night, um, I think suffer from profound jealousy of people that are free thinkers, people that are incredibly open-minded people that are liberated from the shackles that shackle the Jesse waters that shackle the Greg Gutfeld.
12:54You know, it's, these people have a very broken human beings and their audience as such are very broken human beings. The misery loves company. And so hurt people hurt, you know, hit dog hollers. And so they put this on because it's satisfying for them to demean people that ultimately they're jealous of, which is really a three line through all of Republican policies. You know, they, men want to punish women by controlling their bodies because they fetishize them, or they want to control gay marriage or browbeat trans people because they fetishize them. And this is something that is an interesting psychological take on the breakdown of this particular cult in this particular era of the United States right now.
13:40Yeah. And I, I shouldn't get so bad. See, this is why you're better at all this stuff than me. Cause I just get so mad. I just want to walk up to Greg Gutfeld and say, shut the fuck up. You fat, ugly, short mess. I'm not hurt by what he says. I just, there's Greg in a swimsuit. Greg needs a bra worse than I do. Like, please, Greg, please stop talking about how people look as if you're just this. And he even says, well, I'm a hot one. It's just the whole thing. I mean, it's not under my skin. It's just like, I cannot believe my parents sit and watch that. That's it. It's a mommy issue trigger for you, Pop.
14:15That's what it is. It's brain rot on steroids. And it's just mean. there's a there's a cruelty undertone to all of it um that they would rather consume this than talk about helping fellow americans right that's probably triggered i mean that would that would trigger me too yeah that's probably it i get it all right mommy issues strike again all right maybe you book with your therapist two times next week after that i'll go twice After those few minutes of Fox News, maybe you need to go double dip with a therapist. All right. That's all we have. Like, subscribe, comment.
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