'It turns you trans': Fox host shares conspiracy theory that substance in water creates 'nonbinary affiliations'

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, during a Wednesday segment of The Five, insisted conspiracy theorist and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was right about his "nonbinary" theory.

Media Matters for America shared a video of Gutfeld's conversation with his Fox News colleagues, including host Jesse Watters, about testosterone.

Gutfeld said, "It's okay to cry, my fellow guys. A survey finds that 71% of modern men confess to being in touch with how they feel and 82% of women are saying the same thing. I can't even see who this survey is. 37% of men say being called sensitive would be a compliment versus just 23% of women. I know. First, I'm going to go to Jesse: I think we're learning that RFK Jr. was right. There's substances in the water that reduce testosterone and when you reduce testosterone, you get these weepy men and this rise in nonbinary affiliations."

Watters replied, "Yeah, so I'm not drinking water anymore because you told me it turns you trans."

Gutfeld emphasized, "Yeah, it turns you trans, especially if you're a frog."

The right-wing commentator highlighted his book, How to be Right, in a 2015 article for The National Review, citing "fracking" as something he is "for."

Describing a conversation he had with his friend, Gutfeld wrote:

"That's the weird thing about fracking: What are we fracking? Natural gas. That's why I am for it. I am pro-environment, and most environmentalists were for natural gas because it was natural. Natural gas was the alternative to all those dirty fuels." Then I explain that environmentalists changed their tune as we found better ways to access it. So the only difference among environmentalists, before the boom and after — was the boom: We found more of this amazing clean fuel. In short, the greenie would be for fracking, if we did less of it.

In 2020, Penn Medicine News reported the dangers of fracking, noting assistant professor of Informatics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Mary Regina Boland, PhD, said, "The chemical mixtures used in fracking are known to regulate hormonal pathways, including testosterone and estrogen, and can therefore affect human development and reproduction."

She added, "Knowing about these chemicals is important, not only for researchers who may be studying health outcomes in a community, but also for individuals who may want to learn more about possible health implications based on their proximity to a well. They can then potentially have their water tested."

Furthermore, regarding "nonbinary affiliations," the National Center for Transgender Equality reports:

“Nonbinary people are nothing new. Non-binary people aren’t confused about their gender identity or following a new fad – nonbinary identities have been recognized for millennia by cultures and societies around the world.

Some, but not all, nonbinary people undergo medical procedures to make their bodies more congruent with their gender identity.While not all nonbinary people need medical care to live a fulfilling life, it’s critical and even life-saving for many.”