{"id":219382,"date":"2025-10-17T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/219382\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:55:07","slug":"fox-host-jesse-watters-faces-backlash-after-saying-jennifer-aniston-used-to-be-much-better-looking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/219382\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox host Jesse Watters faces backlash after saying Jennifer Aniston used to be \u2018much better looking\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/jesse-watters-trump-fox-news-producer-b2842519.html\">Jesse Watters<\/a> is facing criticism on social media after opining on Jennifer Aniston\u2019s looks on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/jesse-watters-antifa-whistleblower-interview-b2842113.html\">Fox News\u2019 The Five.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a segment about former Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter, Waters\u2019s co-host Greg Gutfeld argued that \u201cpeople didn\u2019t get attractive until the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatch Friends, they\u2019re not even hot,\u201d Gutfeld said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at people now. They are so much better looking because all they gotta do is \u2014 they have everything at their fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watters agreed: \u201cIt\u2019s like Jennifer Aniston looks better now, like 20 years older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, later in the segment, after the conversation had moved on, Watters backtracked on his comment about Aniston, saying: \u201cI actually think Jennifer Aniston was much better looking in Friends. I don\u2019t know why I said that. I think I meant she was more glamorous now. She\u2019s more glam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jesse-Waters-and-Jennifer-Aniston.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fox\u2019s Jesse Watters discussed Jennifer Aniston\u2019s looks on Fox News\u2019 \u2018The Five\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/>Fox\u2019s Jesse Watters discussed Jennifer Aniston\u2019s looks on Fox News\u2019 \u2018The Five\u2019 (Fox\/Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Watters\u2019s co-host Harold Ford Jr. then attempted to shut down the conversation about the 56-year-old actor\u2019s looks, suggesting: \u201cWhy don\u2019t we get on to the next segment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich continued: \u201cShe\u2019s richer now. Like, she has a lot of money. Money buys a lot of makeover for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope so,\u201d concluded Watters.<\/p>\n<p>A clip of the discussion has since circulated on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1978580827874476530\">X<\/a>, with viewers condemning Watters for his comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@JesseBWatters wife has to be a miserable woman,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo bad Ford cut him off,\u201d added another. \u201cI\u2019d rather Jesse just ramble more and sound worse than he usually does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetcha she\u2019s not losing sleep over his opinion of her,\u201d wrote a third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would they be commenting on someone\u2019s appearance period?\u201d Questioned another.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent has contacted Aniston\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Watters and his co-hosts have discussed people\u2019s looks on The Five. In August, he and Brian Kilmeade debated who was \u201cthe most attractive first lady ever.\u201d In December 2024, the co-hosts argued about whether suspected killer Luigi Mangione was good-looking.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Watters<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/jesse-watters-trump-fox-news-producer-b2842519.html\"> thanked Donald Trump for serving as a \u201cFox News producer\u201d<\/a> due to the president convening an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-antifa-roundtable-terrorist-organization-b2842088.html\">\u201cAntifa violence roundtable\u201d<\/a> that featured a slew of far-right influencers and \u201cindependent journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MAGA host\u2019s admission just further exposed the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/fox-news-trump-washington-dc-b2806425.html\">continuous feedback loop that exists between the president and the conservative cable giant<\/a>, which generally features Trump being influenced by what he sees on his television and then taking actions that Fox News then amplifies,\u201d Justin Baragona reported for The Independent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-219382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}