I realize there is $$$$$$$$ in being hated, in being reprehensible, divisive, smug, cruel...but I'll never "get" it.

[Miles Archer]

WHY would someone WANT TO BE Jesse Watters or Greg Gutfeld. WHY would someone WANT to invent and cultivate that persona?

And yeah, I do realize that some people think that pissing people off and offending them is hilarious.

I'm not going to post the article that inspired this post. Short version, Gutfeld thinks the Bondi screech-fest in front of Congress...and the Epstein victims in general...is "funny."

I don't know what's worse...Gutfeld, or the viewers that provide the ratings that provide his salary.

From a Google search:

Greg Gutfeld’s annual salary at Fox News in 2025 is reported to be approximately $7 million to $9 million. As the host of the top-rated late-night show Gutfeld! and co-host of The Five, his salary reflects his high-value position at the network. He signed a new multi-year contract in 2024.

[Traildogbob]

1. Don't forget White Jesus and White Santa

Megan Kelly. She is more vile than Bondi. And post Fox gig, she is going all in for the dollars.

[cbabe]

2. Think of it like mafia protection money. Bad guy

yells and threatens and breaks things. And extorts the pay-off.

[flvegan]

3. Every WWE wrestling "story" needs a bad guy (heel).

Watters and Gutfield do it without having to get hit with a chair, no matter how much we'd like to see it.

I think most people, if offered near as makes no difference $10 million/year to just be a contrarian jerk of a character, they would. I would. Then, after a few years, having pocketed a cool $50 million, I'd suddenly be "enlightened" and speak out against the republicans and Fox. Go on Maddow. Write a couple "insider" books. All would be forgiven by the nanosecond attention span most Americans seem to have, along with the idiotic pseudo liberal trend for "forgiveness" for the most vile people this country has turned out. "We need to move forward and heal." Shut up.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. The Latin phrase "Oderint dum metuant"

comes to mind for me.

Let them hate, provided they fear.

[Phoenix61]

5. All children want attention. Any attention is better than no attention at all.

It’s why tdump can’t shut up. Why he has to be the lead in every story even when he would be better off being quiet.

[walkingman]

6. Yep, I don't get it either.

Gutfeld thinks the Bondi screech-fest in front of Congress...and the Epstein victims in general...is "funny."

Nothing funny about it at all.☮

[usonian]

7. They project people's inner fear, failure and weakness on the big stage.

It's a cult. Don't try to understand this until you understand cults.

I don't.