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'Tedious and pretentious': Internet groans at Fox News’ Jesse Watters monologue about Thanksgiving weekend

Jesse Watters complained about his 'injuries,' both physical and emotional, during the holiday weekend but listeners were left cold

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Fox News host Jesse Watters recently detailed his Thanksgiving family experience on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ in a monologue about the many "injuries" he suffered.

Later, when Watters took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his take with his 2.5 million followers, the reception wasn't exactly positive.

Several X users blasted on him for his ‘cringe’ opinion on his Thanksgiving weekend.

Jesse Watters unpacks his Thanksgiving weekend only to be trolled online

Fox News anchor Jesse Watters took to X and wrote, “This Thanksgiving weekend was a whirlwind at the Watters' household. There were several injuries- some physical and some emotional.”

His tweet featured a video from his ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ monologue where he said, “When you think of Thanksgiving, you think of family, food and football. You usually don't think of injuries.”

He continued, “But there were several injuries during this year's Watter's Thanksgiving weekend some physical, some emotional. More on that later.”

Watters then went on and slammed housewives, “But I have a new appreciation for housewives. What do we call them now? Stay-at-home moms. I want to be politically correct because I took Wednesday off to be a stay-at-home mom and I almost didn't make it.”

“The stereotype is you're popping bonbons on the couch watching soaps. But that's not true, and it's insulting. Although I did catch a minute of the soap opera on Wednesday. And the actors and actresses aren't as telegenic as they used to be.”

He further added, “Soaps used to launch your career, like [George] Clooney was in soaps. I guess now, if you're good-looking enough, you don't do soap, you just point your phone at yourself and you become a star without leaving your house. But being a stay-at-home mom or dad, you have to be organized.”

“So I made a to-do list. Best to-do list in my life. I'm actually mad because I crossed everything off on it on my phone and now I can't see how much I accomplished. I should have had a hard copy and I should have organized the list geographically based on where I was going instead of just haphazardly because I bit off more than I could chew.”

Watters continued explaining his to-do list, “So I do errands all day. I didn't really consider errands exercise, so I decided to go for a run. I get back to the house at 4.30, and since I hadn't organized my to-do list geographically, I hadn't hit the car wash. So I checked to see what time the car wash closes, says 5 pm. I think great. I'm only 15 minutes away.”

“So I get there at 4.45. But when I get there, there's a big orange cone blocking the lane. They say they're closed. Now, if you advertise that you close at 5, but you really close it for 4:45, you should advertise that you close at 4:45.”

“I know what you're doing. You're closing at 4:45 so you and your employees can go home by 5. Well, do you run the car wash for the employees or for the customers? Because the customers need to know when you close,” he added.

Continuing with his thanksgiving weekend shenanigans, he said, “So I go back with an unwashed car and shin splints from being on my feet all day and trying to squeeze in a run. But I can't complain because I've been reading these self-help books and all the self-help books tell me men shouldn't complain. So I zip it.”

“And of course, I can't complain because, you know, Emma's on her feet all day, seven days a week. And then more injuries.”

Watters shifted his take and talked about his kids, “My twins and their cousins start playing Monopoly and Monopoly has this new card. It's either in chance or community chest. It's the same thing.

Actually, what is the difference between chance and community chess? Is there a thematic difference between the two stacks? Can't figure it out. Anyway, it's called a bank run or something.”

He explained the game, however, the internet didn’t look pleased hearing his take, “You take all the $100 bills in the bank and just throw them up in the air, and then you get to keep all the bills you can catch before they hit the ground. It's like a strip club, but it's kid friendly.”

“So they launched the bills up in the air and Ellie low bridges her sister, takes her knees out while she's in the air. She comes crashing down, Sofie's on the ground. Bodies are piling up. That card is too dangerous. Monopoly. When did Monopoly get physical? I might try to ban that card even though it's the most exciting. I might ban it.”

Internet slam Jesse Watters ‘boring’ show

After Jesse Watters detailed his Thanksgiving weekend at Watters on his show, the Internet blasted the Fox News host.

One person wrote, “Did they cancel your planned opening segment or something? That was bizarre and boring for an opening monologue on a prime time news show.”

Another had a similar opinion, “Ok Jessie, this dialogue you sound too, too pretentious. Had to shut it down over the persistent complaining about such drivel. You’re better than that!”

An X user simply slammed Watters adding, “This monologue was tedious, pretentious, cringy and downright boring.  Got to do better, Jesse,” and another said, “That’s the worst thing I have seen on Primetime tv EVER. I hope you get fired for this. People probably died of boredom.”

One more wrote, “Are you trying to get out of your contract? There has to be a reason you did this segment you are so smart…it was like a movie scene where the guy purposely tanks a segment.”

“Jessie, are you trying to lose your spot because you were way off base, long winded and boring today.  Holy cow, I am absolutely certain there were hostages released, a cease fire expiring, and a 2024 election coming.  What's up watters?” said another X user.