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Fox & Friends Host Blames Kirstie Alley Dancing with the Stars Fall on ‘Too Much Weight’

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What does it take to elicit groans from the production  staff of Fox & Friends? Co-host Brian Kilmeade found out Tuesday morning, as he offered a cruel assessment of well-liked actress Kirstie Alley‘s fall on Monday night’s Dancing with the Stars. Although Alley’s partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, insists the fall was all his fault, Kilmeade diagnosed the problem as “too much weight…” before adding, after that chorus of groans, “He put on too much weight!”

Co-host Gretchen Carlson wasn’t fooled, though, telling Kilmeade, “Nice save!”

Here’s the clip, from Fox News:


Alley has become something of a role model to many women, mainly due to the humor and honesty she has displayed in dealing with her weight and body image. There are likely many more men and women in F&F‘s audience who relate to Alley, rather than Kilmeade, on this issue. She’s everyone’s mother, sister, daughter, or wife, and Kilmeade is the a-hole at the mall who stage-whispers insults at them.

While it’s tempting to roll your eyes and say “Meow!”, it bears repeating that eating disorders kill, and attitudes like Kilmeade’s (echoed by others, regardless of politics) contribute greatly to a culture that incubates them.

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  • skyfet

    Talking about a woman’s weight is just wrong, talking about it on a National TV is what you’d expect from Fox News clowns. I’m sorry if I offend the real clowns.

  • writer

    It isn’t just Fox. Remember Bristol Palin on DWTS?

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    writer said:
    It isn’t just Fox. Remember Bristol Palin on DWTS?

    Do I ever! A whole lot a shakin’ goin’ on then.

  • TampopoLoco

    Ignoramus – A person who googles the word Ignoramus but only to find out it means “an ignorant lawyer”.

  • skyfet

    writer said:
    It isn’t just Fox. Remember Bristol Palin on DWTS?

    That is also wrong, but the fat comment didn’t happen on a News channel. They were not pretending to be a News Organisation. In the end they are all clowns.

  • skyfet

    TampopoLoco said:
    Ignoramus – A person who googles the word Ignoramus but only to find out it means “an ignorant lawyer”.

    She actually used the dictionary, but still got it wrong. Unless she was pretending to use the Dic.

  • writer

    skyfet, you’re right. Those making fun of Bristol were just mean and hateful people. See the third post down.

  • lonestar77

    Weight jokes = a hole

    Jokes about a V.P. dying = a ok.

  • lonestar77

    ^ I forgot to add that they above equations only apply if you hate Dick Cheney & Fox News but love you some MSNBC & Letterman.

  • cjd ohio 1

    skyfet said:
    That is also wrong, but the fat comment didn’t happen on a News channel. They were not pretending to be a News Organisation. In the end they are all clowns.

    lol, then why did larry odonnell have griffin on his show to defend bullying………just admit griffin and kilmeade did it in bad taste…….and tommy if you would have wrote about the other you would have a leg to stand on

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Bad Brian! Gawd, men will never learn….

    Although, in truth, he probably did put too much weight on it, in his lunge. Not Kirstie (I am rooting for her) but he leaned into it, probably putting too much weight on his leg. Maybe Brian was looking at it from his sports guy background…? “he put on too much weight” was not a good save. “he put too much weight on it” would have been a good save.

    Comments like Brian’s are unnecessary, but at least he didn’t call her a pig like George Lopez did.

    Lopez was belittling Alley’s dancing on “Dancing With the Stars” on his show, “Lopez Tongiht.” “She did a nice job, her little hooves tapping away. Before the show, she went to the market, and then she had roast beef and this is her going all the way home!” he said, before cutting to a squealing pig from a GEICO commercial.

    And, at least his target is a 60 year old, not a 19 year old kid, like the attacks we saw on Bristol.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    sarainitaly said:
    Bad Brian! Gawd, men will never learn….

    Although, in truth, he probably did put too much weight on it, in his lunge. Not Kirstie (I am rooting for her) but he leaned into it, probably putting too much weight on his leg. Maybe Brian was looking at it from his sports guy background…? “he put on too much weight” was not a good save. “he put too much weight on it” would have been a good save.

    Comments like Brian’s are unnecessary, but at least he didn’t call her a pig like George Lopez did.

    Lopez was belittling Alley’s dancing on “Dancing With the Stars” on his show, “Lopez Tongiht.” “She did a nice job, her little hooves tapping away. Before the show, she went to the market, and then she had roast beef and this is her going all the way home!” he said, before cutting to a squealing pig from a GEICO commercial.

    And, at least his target is a 60 year old, not a 19 year old kid, like the attacks we saw on Bristol.

    I’m going to reserve the right to criticize sloppiness or sloth regardless of gender, but I don’t think Ms. Alley is sloppy or slothful. There are many “women of substance” who are comfortable with themselves, who accomplish much and who are, in my view, beautiful and even appealing. By the same token, their are some women in perfect shape and condition who are thoroughly off-putting. Carriage, demeanor, style, strength, self-confidence are all far more important than dress size.

  • writer

    The main thing is if you disagree with them politically. Then let that meanness roll.

  • skyfet

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    lol, then why did larry odonnell have griffin on his show to defend bullying………just admit griffin and kilmeade did it in bad taste…….and tommy if you would have wrote about the other you would have a leg to stand on

    You are digressing, Grifith made that comment on an award show not a news program, that is a fact you can’t dispute. I’ve said it again and again that this actions are unwarranted, very unnecessary, from anybody.

  • cjd ohio 1

    skyfet said:
    You are digressing, Grifith made that comment on an award show not a news program, that is a fact you can’t dispute. I’ve said it again and again that this actions are unwarranted, very unnecessary, from anybody.

    true it was a award show, then odonnell gives her a platform on a “news” show

  • Steve_27

    I saw it and thought that was the obvious conclusion. We needed Fox to see this? It would be mean to say she had no business doing what is more commonly know for well built people, but they could have at least picked more realistic moves.

  • Tedderman

    Just one more example of the fact that this morning crew frequently speaks with it’s collective brain disengaged. That being said it was an unusual move the pair attempted and Maxim appeared genuinely hurt. This may have been the same leg he snapped as a boy in Russia and was told he’d never dance again.
    Thankfully the spirit of his grandmother(according to Maxim) appeared regularly at the rehab facility to retrain his muscles and make him whole. See “Celebrity Ghost Stories” on the BioHD channel, I’m not kidding.

  • Steve_27

    skyfet said:
    Talking about a woman’s weight is just wrong, talking about it on a National TV is what you’d expect from Fox News clowns. I’m sorry if I offend the real clowns.

    You are so full of shit and it could never be more obvious then now. If Palin Bachmann or any other decent looking republican woman just happen to be that heavy and anyone of your lefty pundits made fat jokes about it, you would be cheering laughing and loving it.

    This could be a defining moment in your blogging career. C’mon, just admit it, you might earn some credit for once in your life here.

  • Tedderman

    Why must Conservatives always attempt to find some moral equivalence in some perceived injustice against their sacred cows(no pun intended) in the MSM or so called liberal media? Never mind, I believe it’s a rhetorical question I’ve asked.

  • justanotherconservative

    brian k. is an asshole. an arrogant, thoughtless, self pampering fool.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Tedderman said:
    Why must Conservatives always attempt to find some moral equivalence in some perceived injustice against their sacred cows(no pun intended) in the MSM or so called liberal media? Never mind, I believe it’s a rhetorical question I’ve asked.

    Why do so many strong all-American types as our conbros. above have such thin skins? I thought they were the strong silent types. They seem more like the , “Mommie, I got a boo-boo!” crowd. If some thoughtless baboon makes a crude remark about a performer, they immediately haul out the remarks made about one of their beloved. They remind me of a bunch of old ladies sitting on a park bench arguing about who had the worst indigestion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tucker-Peterson/721293033 Tucker Peterson

    Welcome to America where skinny people never fall down .

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Adler/1420650301 Jay Adler

    Kirstie Alley is carrying a little too much weight but I don’t think that she would be refused by any man in America. Some woman push the scale needle forward a little too much but they maintain a considerable amount of appeal and attraction because they are shapely. It is very common as you will notice if you have viewed the plus size models that although they are big woman, they look pleasingly constructed and have full and satisfying social lives. I have glanced at Dancing With the Stars now and then and some of the contestants are not built for dancing. You should be muscular and lithe like Gene Kelly was. Now Kirstie fell, it could be any number of reasons. The central point I am making is that although she does not have the build or agility of a Juliet Prowse, she is very good looking and can lose weight or not should she make the decision.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Tucker Peterson said:
    Welcome to America where skinny people never fall down .

    Wonder how many of these critics would make cracks about the weight of Queen Latifah–to her face?
    The anti-cyber bullying ad says, “If you won’t say it face to face, don’t post it.”
    Seems these children haven’t gotten the message.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Wonder how many of these critics would make cracks about the weight of Queen Latifah–to her face?The anti-cyber bullying ad says, “If you won’t say it face to face, don’t post it.”Seems these children haven’t gotten the message.

    right shithead, when you stand up to rosie odonnel and kathy griffin then talk

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes? Let’s face it, Kirstie Alley DID put too much weight on her partner. He certainly wouldn’t try a lift with her. Killmeade didn’t need to say anything at all, but he did and the truth is that they fell because Kirstie Alley’s weight was too much for her partner. Next time, Killmeade had better remember the mother’s phrase, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”

    BTW, not a one of the Lefties spoke out against flaying Bristol Palin week after week- demeaning her was seen as “sport.”

  • Tommy Christopher
  • cjd ohio 1

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    lol, then why did larry odonnell have griffin on his show to defend bullying………just admit griffin and kilmeade did it in bad taste…….and tommy if you would have wrote about the other you would have a leg to stand on

    i read you last posted links tommy, you do have a leg to stand on, my apologies sir, i am sorry

  • Tommy Christopher

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    i read you last posted links tommy, you do have a leg to stand on, my apologies sir, i am sorry

    Thanks, most don’t come back and apologize.

  • LETMEBECLEAR

    Deleted again, i guess i hit to close to home.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Tommy Christopher said:
    Thanks, most don’t come back and apologize.

    i was wrong, its the right thing to do, admit it, apologize, and move on sir

  • Tommy Christopher

    LETMEBECLEAR said:
    Deleted again, i guess i hit to close to home.

    Nope. Just learn my name.

  • cjd ohio 1

    but i will still give you crap lol

  • Tommy Christopher

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    but i will still give you crap lol

    Fair enough, I just don’t like it when people make assumptions about me that are easy to check, especially when it comes to applying deeply-held values consistently. I actually got fired from my last job for doing just that, so it’s a sore subject for me.

  • LETMEBECLEAR

    Tommy Christopher said:
    Nope. Just learn my name.

    Really, you deleted my comments cause i added a little something after Tommy.?

    One of my favorite movies is Tommy Boy!

    I just want the facts not your opinion.

    You should put the word “opinion piece” in the head of all your writings.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    right shithead, when you stand up to rosie odonnel and kathy griffin then talk

    Don’t have any bad to say about them. Might tell Kathy to leave the low-hanging fruit alone, bu doubt I’ll get the chance. Nice choice of words, there, been a coprophagic long? Miss the old “Huggies”?

  • TillieGlockenspiel
  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Odd, I wrote under the quote, “I stand corrected” but my statement didn’t show up. I DO stand corrected.

  • Tommy Christopher

    LETMEBECLEAR said:
    One of my favorite movies is Tommy Boy!

    Then you should call your favorite movie that. Just to be fair, I promise not to call you “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.”

    LETMEBECLEAR said:
    I just want the facts not your opinion.

    Good thing my stories all have my name on them, then. You’re still welcome to the facts in them.

    LETMEBECLEAR said:
    You should put the word “opinion piece” in the head of all your writings.

    That wouldn’t be accurate. But if you’re ever not sure, I’m happy to clarify for you. And if you ever don’t like my opinion on something, feel free to offer yours. Did you think Kilmeade’s comment was insightful? Do you think the viewing audience doesn’t relate to Kirstie Alley’s struggle with her weight issue? Do you think attitudes like this are helpful to people with eating disorders?

  • Tommy Christopher

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Odd, I wrote under the quote, “I stand corrected” but my statement didn’t show up. I DO stand corrected.

    Thanks.

  • Tommy Christopher

    Also, for the record, I watched the O’Donnell/Kathy Griffin segment, and I was pissed, but someone else here beat me to that clip. I wasn’t pissed at Griffin, but at O’Donnell for not challenging her. The issue wasn’t whether Griffin has a right to be an insult comic, but whether she ought to be picking on a child, and whether that reflects well on the causes she cares about.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    You didn’t ask me, but I’ll answer anyway. Kilmeade did NOT need to make the comment. As I said, he forgot what I hope his mother taught him about good manners. It’s like looking at a really ugly baby. You don’t need to say, “My, what an ugly baby.” Instead, you can say, in all truthfulness, “My, what a baby!”(with a smile on your face) I don’t think Kilmeade’s comment is especially relevant to people with eating disorders one way or another- and yes, I’ve had eating disorders myself and have a child who has one, so I’m not unfamiliar with the addictions/psychological issues inherent in them. Kilmeade popped off and shouldn’t have.

  • Tommy Christopher

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    I don’t think Kilmeade’s comment is especially relevant to people with eating disorders one way or another- and yes, I’ve had eating disorders myself and have a child who has one, so I’m not unfamiliar with the addictions/psychological issues inherent in them. Kilmeade popped off and shouldn’t have.

    Fair enough. We disagree on the eating disorder point, but thanks for sharing.

  • Darklady

    Am I the only one who remembers how the Fox crowd was foaming at the mouth every time it was pointed out that Bristol Palin did the impossible when she was on DWTS — by gaining weight throughout the contest?

    But now it’s ok to make fun of a woman who’s older and has battled with her weight for years.

    It’s not like I don’t know the rules, I just like to point out the hypocrisy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leah-Ma/1391341060 Leah Ma

    Maxim should have known better than to have attempted that particular step with a partner who weighed as much as Kirstie. I roller skated when I was younger and when you’re in a position like that, so close to the ground, such a ‘weight-vulnerable’ position to begin with and you attempt to entirely support another dancer’s weight? You’d better hope she’s a light-weight. Kirstie wasn’t. I don’t blame her at all. Maxim is my favorite dancer but this was entirely his fault. He chose to do a step that was next to impossible. He did not have to do that step.

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