The panel on Fox News’ “The Five” descended into pandemonium following co-host Jessica Tarlov’s assertion that it is respectful to use the correct pronouns when discussing transgender people.

Riley Gaines, a former adversary of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas who made headlines for opposing biological male athletes competing in women’s sports, was the initial topic of discussion on the panel.

According to Tarlov, the lone Democrat on the panel in that episode, there is a “huge increase in attacks and violent crimes against transgender people because this is a nationwide trend.”

“It is important to treat people with dignity and respect when you are using or when you are talking about these issues. And part of that is using the correct pronouns,” Tarlov insisted.

Katie Pavlich responded to Tarlov’s ridiculous assertion with a resounding “No,” which was reiterated by Joey Jones. Tarlov promptly defended her position by responding, “Yes, it is,” to Pavlich. There is no harm in calling Lia Thomas.”

Tarlov was promptly interrupted by her co-host Greg Gutfeld, who did not take seriously what he believed to be a nonsensical assertion by Tarlov, namely that she does not have the authority to dictate how others should address her.

“It makes me a liar,” Jones insisted.

“Don’t compel my language. Do not–you have no right to compel me to say anything. That’s the beauty of this world,” Gutfeld added.

The other panelists supported Tarlov’s right to express and hold her opinions, but did not believe that others should be forced to concur. After this, the conversation continued.

“On the feminism issue though, women in general and feminists… are all supportive of trans people and trans rights. That doesn’t necessarily mean that we are immune to understanding the competitive aspect of what this is on the college level, the high school level, and beyond…” Tarlov claimed.

Jones attempted to take a commercial break, but Gutfeld again interrupted him.

“There’s a trend in Jessica’s defense when she talked about the homeless and trans, that when you make a criticism, you then connect it to attacks against these groups. We should be able to criticize anything and not be blamed for a rise and attacks against trans. Trans are maybe a tenth of a percent of the population. You have to work really hard to go seek one out,” Gutfeld said.

Pushing back, Tarlov said, “To that point then, whenever we talk about gun violence and people point out that more white people are killed by cops than Black people are. That’s an important part of the conversation that you would bring up.”

'The Five' lose their shit when liberal host Jessica Tarlov says it doesn't hurt them to refer to Lia Thomas as she/her.

"No!"

"It makes me a liar!"

"You have NO RIGHT to compel me to say ANYTHING!" pic.twitter.com/PkG83K3o8k

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 27, 2023

While the network struggles with the fallout of removing the highest-rated host from the air, Gutfeld has had a fantastic week. He continues to dominate cable news as co-anchor of “The Five” and host of his own late-night program, “Gutfeld!”

The book, titled “The King of Late Night,” will be published on July 25 and describes how Gutfeld “destroyed the mainstream late-night landscape of heavyweights and became the host of the number one late night show on all of television,” as reported by Conservative Brief.

Wednesday evening, “The Five” was the most-watched cable news program with an astounding 2.62 million cumulative views. During the same 5 PM ET time slot, CNN’s “Situation Room” attracted a dismal 698,00 viewers, while Newsmax’s “Frontline” attracted 282,000.

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