‘This Again?!’ Fed Up Jesse Watters Says ‘I Feel Like Boycotting This Segment’

Fox News’ Jesse Watters admitted he feels “like boycotting” a segment on the recent controversy within the WNBA during Monday’s edition of The Five, exclaiming, “This again?!”

In a July 21 ESPN profile, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham spoke out against transgender women competing alongside biological women, obviously landing her in hot water with many left-leaning critics. On Friday, her team’s postgame interview was shut down after questions about her comments. And on Sunday, during a matchup against the Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wore a t-shirt reading “Trans Kids Belong.”

Fox News has covered the debacle heavily. On Monday morning, Fox News’ Lawrence Jones slammed the WNBA, questioning, “Are you guys crazy?! Do you understand what’s gonna happen to your league?”

Yet on Monday evening, Watters expressed his disagreement with keeping this story in the spotlight, telling his co-hosts, “This is week three of The Five covering the WNBA, and I have to say, I am done.”

He continued:

I hate the WNBA. I mean, I don’t mind women’s basketball. My girls play basketball, but I don’t wanna cover women’s basketball. I don’t wanna be a WNBA analyst. We get paid to have an opinion about everything, and this is something I don’t care about. Every time I open up the rundown and see the WNBA in it, I feel like [Fox News’] Jessica [Tarlov] must feel every day. “Oh, we have to do this again? Really? This again?!”

Someone wore a t-shirt at a WNBA game? I remember when they were throwing dildos. Remember that? That was funny. That’s a news story. This isn’t a news story. Okay? It doesn’t matter. There will not be a man in the WNBA. We don’t even cover the NBA. Why are we covering the WNBA? This is ridiculous. I feel like boycotting this segment.

Watch the full clip above via Fox News.

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