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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld hit back at liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov over the state of Twitter after Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform.
The exchange on “The Five” began light-hearted until Gutfeld jokingly Tarlov that she was being “too emotional” about last week’s home invasion attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Gutfeld, Tarlov, Dana Perino, Jesse Watters, and Katie Pavlich discussed a now-deleted tweet from Musk that promoted a conspiracy theory Pelosi had some sort of relationship with his alleged attacker David DePape.
The tweet was in response to a post from Hillary Clinton that blamed Republicans for the Pelosi attack. Musk responded, “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye.”
The conversation went off the rails during a brief moment of tension when Tarlov made a comment about Human Resources watching the show, to which Gutfeld hit back.
Tarlov argued Musk was “promoting complete lies” with the comment, which was accompanied by a link to a fringe website.
Gutfeld argued the Musk tweet was sent in order to “troll” the former first lady and secretary of state.
“It’s not a joke,” Tarlov said.
“It is,” Gutfeld fired back. “Look at you. You are getting too emotional about this. You should be enjoying the [free speech.]”
Tarlov replied, “Just because I’m at a higher pitch than you doesn’t mean I’m more emotional than you. It’s just estrogen.”
After a lengthy back and forth, Watters reminded Gutfeld he had just “told a woman she was being too emotional.”
Tarlov then said, “HR watches this, by the way” to which Gutfeld responded, “Is that a threat? Good for you.”
Tarlov joked, “I’m not coming back for the D block.”
WATCH:
Police revealed on Monday that the man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home and assaulting her husband, Paul Pelosi, had a list of other people to target. David DePape allegedly broke into Pelosi’s home on Friday and attacked Paul Pelosi. Police now say they recovered a list belonging to DePape of other potential targets.
“The existence of the list has previously been reported, though police have yet to release any names on the list. Police responded to the home at 2 a.m. on Friday to find DePape and Pelosi struggling over a hammer. Pelosi was reportedly able to call the police by saying he needed to go to the bathroom,” Fox News reported.
“DePape, a conspiracy theorist who frequently posted online, has been ‘mentally ill for a long time,’ according to his purported ex-life partner, Oxane Taub. Taub, herself a jailed nudist activist convicted on child abduction charges, claimed in an interview with ABC7 to have raised two sons with DePape, along with her daughter from a previous relationship. Taub went on to detail one incident when DePape reportedly came home after disappearing for almost a year out of the blue,” the outlet added.
“He came back in very bad shape. He thought he was Jesus. He was constantly paranoid, thinking people were after him. And it took a good year or two to get back to, you know, being halfway normal,” Taub said.
“Capitol Police are conducting a full review of the incident at Pelosi’s home and its protective services division and sharing updates with lawmakers, according to a GOP aide. The department is considering any short- or long-term changes to the protocol that needs to be made,” Yahoo News reported.
“Now, as Paul Pelosi recovers from his Friday surgery, there’s a separate and more urgent conversation growing over boosted security protections for lawmakers. Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that extended full-time security to family members of Supreme Court justices, some of whom were being targeted in the aftermath of the publication of a draft opinion overturning federal abortion rights. A man was arrested in June for allegedly threatening to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh,” the report continued.
