Jesse Watters tries to shrug off backlash after he said generals would ‘have their way’ with Harris

Jesse Watters has tried to shrug off his sexually suggestive comments that generals “would have their way” with Kamala Harris if she is elected president.

The Fox News host has faced enormous backlash for hisremarks during Monday’s episode of The Five, with some viewers calling for him to be fired.

On Tuesday night’s show, Watters addressed the furore directly, claiming the comment has been “misconstrued” and was not intended to be sexual.

“There’s been some attention to comments I made on the show yesterday about VP Harris,” he said.

“People are misconstruing my comments to mean something inappropriate.

“I wasn’t suggesting anything of a sexual nature. I was expressing my opinion that vice president Harris’s current leadership style could be an issue if elected.”

On Monday’s show, the hosts were discussing Harris’s foreign policy and the US’s Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021 – on what marked the third anniversary of the chaotic withdrawal.

During the discussion, Watters made an unsavory comment about the womancampaigning to become America’s first female president.

“What is her foreign policy? This is where the president has the most impact,” Watters asked.

“We don’t know who she is, we don’t know what she believes. She’s going to get paralyzed in the situation room while the generals have their way with her.”

Watters’s co-host Jeanine Pirro quickly condemned his comments, saying: “I don’t like that. Take it back.”

Dana Perino also waded in, highlighting her disapproval by saying Watters’ name in full.

In an attempt to row back, Watters said: “Figuratively…Have their way with her, control her…not in a sexual way.”

Later on in Monday’s show, Watters acknowledged the controversial comment again when the panel