Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely jokes that John Krasinski is trans after he’s dubbed People’s sexiest man alive

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In a head-scratching moment on television, Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld attempted a peculiar โ€œjokeโ€ about actor John Krasinskiโ€˜s gender identity after learning about his recent People magazine honor.

While hosting The Five, Gutfeld mentioned Krasinskiโ€™s new title as sexiest man alive, before making an unexpected claim about The Office starโ€™s gender identity.

โ€œI think itโ€™s great that People has announced that a trans, uh, male can be the sexiest one alive,โ€ Gutfeld said. โ€œKrasinski never talks about it but heโ€™s, you know, heโ€™s trans. You know that?โ€

His fellow host Jesse Watters, whoโ€™s had his own share of controversial moments, appeared puzzled by the comment and mentioned he โ€œdidnโ€™t knowโ€ about this claim, but Gutfeld kept pushing the narrative.

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โ€œYes, heโ€™s trans,โ€ Gutfeld insisted, before describing the title as โ€œredundantโ€ and trying to land another joke with: โ€œIโ€™m assuming โ€˜aliveโ€™ is a given.โ€

While itโ€™s true that some social media users expressed surprise at Peopleโ€™s selection, suggesting stars like Jonathan Bailey or Paul Mescal might have been better choices, this isnโ€™t Gutfeldโ€™s first eyebrow-raising TV moment.

Just months ago, he sparked controversy by declaring that protecting LGBTQ+ youth from being outed to their parents was the โ€œmost amoral act since slavery,โ€ continuing with: โ€œWeโ€™re watching right now the sexual exploitation of children and theyโ€™re usingโ€ฆ this lie of privacy. Theyโ€™re actually coming for kidsโ€ฆ they say itโ€™s an attack on childrenโ€™s privacy by parents. Thatโ€™s not real.โ€

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He further stirred the pot by claiming LGBTQ+ activists were attempting to discuss sexuality with children without parental consent.

โ€œIn the old days, if someone talked to your kid like that, youโ€™d be in jail or dead. There is no privacy separation between parents and children, and you should fight to the death on that one,โ€ he said.


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