A former Fox News host tore into President Donald Trump's latest comments toward a female reporter during an interview on CNN on Monday night.
Gretchen Carlson, who hosted several shows at Fox News before departing in 2016, discussed Trump's comments from earlier in the day — when he called ABC News reporter Rachel Scott "the most obnoxious reporter" in the press corps — on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." Trump made those comments to Scott after she asked him whether he could commit to releasing the video of the so-called "double-tap" boat strike in September that has landed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in legal hot water.
"There's not a person out there that would say, 'Boy, I hope my child grows up and speaks to women like that,'" Carlson railed. "This is reprehensible. He has gotten worse with it, only doing it, apparently, to women in the last couple of weeks. From 'piggy' to 'your obnoxious,' it's despicable."
Trump's comments to Scott are not the first time the president has made crass remarks to a female reporter. About a month ago, Trump snapped at Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey on Air Force One after she asked the president about the Jeffrey Epstein files. He responded by calling her a "piggy."
Just before Thanksgiving, the president also called New York Times reporter Katie Rogers "ugly" in a Truth Social post.
Carlson said she hopes the press corps speaks out against Trump's treatment of female reporters.
"I wish the press corps would say more, but I understand they want access, so they're not," she said. "So I'll say it for them. It's despicable."
