Fox News Anchor Apologizes For Making Fun Of Kelly Clarkson's Weight

    Yep, this keeps happening.

    Sheridan Watson
    by Sheridan Watson

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Here we go again. Remember when TV personality Katie Hopkins made fun of everyone's favorite American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, for her weight?

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    Katie was all like, "Jesus, what happened to Kelly Clarkson? Did she eat all of her backing singers?" and Kelly was like, "Lol who are you?"

    Well apparently Fox news anchor Chris Wallace thought Katie was hogging all of the fun and wanted in.

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    Last week, Wallace went on The Mike Gallagher Show and decided to say some not-great-things about Kelly.

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    She could lay off the deep dish pizza for a little while.

    As you can imagine, people aren't too thrilled with the exchange.

    Cordelia @Cordelia_89

    Why is Chris Wallace commenting on Kelly Clarkson's body? I thought he was supposed to be a Very Serious Person.

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    Laura A Lorenzo @laura_lrnzo

    Has Chris Wallace ever asked Karl Rove or Mike Huckabee why they don't "lay off the deep-dish pizza"? http://t.co/53eGMIZvX3

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    Lisa Guerrero @4lisaguerrero

    To the surprise of no one, Fox's Chris Wallace proves himself a cretin by fat shaming KellyClarkson. Cuz he's SO hot http://t.co/Wx1eucMc3g

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    Brian Tashman @briantashman

    Fox News hosts shaming women? I am shocked — shocked! http://t.co/SlCeOCJOe1

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    Even fellow Fox anchor Greta Van Susteren was pissed.

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    Yesterday Wallace released an apology to US Weekly, saying:

    "I sincerely apologize to Kelly Clarkson for my offensive comment. I admire her remarkable talent and that should have been the focus of any discussion about her."

    Host Mike Gallagher apologized too, and released a statement on his website:

    "Tubby Mike is the last person in the world who should bring up anyone's weight. I couldn't possibly feel any worse than I do for making an observation that led to the conclusion that I 'fat-shamed' this talented and classy entertainer. It was a really stupid thing for me to do. – Mike"

    Kelly hasn't said anything about this controversy but did say a few words about criticism over her weight on Ellen.

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    "I think what hurts my feelings for people is I’ll have a meet and greet after a show and a girl that’s like bigger than me will be in the meet and greet will be like, “Oh God," and they’ll say, 'If they think you’re big, then I must be so fat to them.'"

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    "And I’m just like, 'You’re just who you are, we are who we are.'"

    Just keep on being the awesome chick you are, Kelly.

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    "I’m such a creative person, I yo-yo. So sometimes I’m more fit and I get into kickboxing hardcore and then sometimes I don’t and I’m like, 'I’d rather have wine.'"