David Hogg row: Another sponsor dumps Fox News' Laura Ingraham despite being away from TV for a week
Looks like Fox News' host Laura Ingraham's bad spell isn't over just yet, with another of her sponsors dropping her show "The Ingraham Angle" amidst her controversy with Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.
TheWrap on Thursday reported that Ace Hardware will not advertise on Ingraham's show any longer.
The 17-year-old anti-gun activist rejected Ingraham's apology on Saturday last week — for mocking him over his college applications — and called her a "bully." Ingraham last week had written a tweet ridiculing David Hogg — a high school senior — for "whining" about getting rejected by four colleges.
"David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA...totally predictable given acceptance rates.)" Ingraham tweeted on Thursday, last week.
She later issued an apology after Hogg called a boycott of her show and most of her show's advertisers began pulling out.
"She only apologized after we went after her advertisers. It kind of speaks for itself," Hogg told the New York Times.
Ever since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, Hogg has become a vocal proponent of gun control laws in the country and has been a constant target of pro-gun advocates.
An unnamed spokesperson for Ace Hardware told TheWrap: "I can confirm that we do not have any plans to nationally advertise on Ingraham’s show in the future."
Reports state that Ace Hardware is the 19th company to pull out from advertising on Ingraham's show. Other firms include Nutrish, TripAdvisor, Wayfair, Expedia, Nestlé, Johnson & Johnson, Stitch Fix, Jenny Craig, Hulu, JoS. A. Bank and more.
Despite all the controversy surrounding Ingraham, Fox News said that it would stick with her. Meanwhile, the TV show host announced a vacation as the sponsors began dropping out.
"I'll be off next week for Easter break with my kids," Ingraham said. A Fox News spokesperson said that the break was pre-planned.
Fox News Co-president Jack Abernethy told the Los Angeles Times earlier this week: "We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts. We look forward to having Laura Ingraham back hosting her program next Monday when she returns from spring vacation with her children."