PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 07: Ashley Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attend the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on December 07, 2024 in Paris, France. After five years of restoration, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens its doors to the world in the presence of Emmanuel Macron and around fifty heads of state, including Donald Trump, invited for the occasion. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Notre-Dame de Paris)
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‘It was a metaphor!’: A Fox News host grossly comments on Jill Biden’s body language

The imaginations of Fox News hosts went wild on viral photos between First Lady Jill Biden and incoming President Trump. Despite their political differences, the First Lady and Trump looked amicable in the photos taken at Notre Dame, Paris.

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According to the Huffington Post, the hosts of Fox News concluded that even President Joe Biden’s First Lady wasn’t immune to Trump’s charms. Host Harris Faulkner asserted that the First Lady was attracted to Trump’s power. Faulkner claimed, “So she’s gravitating toward power. The shiniest object in the room at that moment, the one with really good lighting, is Donald Trump.” Larry Kudlow, a fellow host, had an inappropriate thought to add. He said, “This fondness of power is what I metaphorically call, heavy-duty petting.” Kudlow earlier accused the First Lady of “flirting” with Trump in the photos.

Faulkner chimed, “Oh, it was a metaphor!” The other hosts laughed at Kudlow’s scandalous jab. It seems even the hosts have a difficult time believing that Kudlow meant the “heavy-petting” comment as a metaphor. After all, they were laughing about it on cable television like an inside joke. It’s an implicit part of the First Lady’s duty to be cordial toward world leaders and other U.S. politicians. These Fox News hosts had to stretch their imaginations to conclude and joke about such crass scenarios.

Conspiracies with the red suit

Needless to say, these Fox News hosts were thrilled to air their salacious fictions about the First Lady and Donald Trump on live television. Carley Shimkus, one of the hosts, brought up how the First Lady wore a red suit during election day and when Trump visited the White House. Kudlow took this as a sign that the First Lady voted for Donald Trump instead of her husband’s vice president, Kamala Harris. What may be fun comments to these hosts are clearly disrespectful to Jill Biden and, arguably, Melania Trump. Needless to say, odd fantasies about public figures are best kept out of cable television.


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Vanessa Esguerra (She/They) has been a Contributing Writer for The Mary Sue since 2023. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy, she (happily) rejected law school in 2021 and has been a full-time content writer since. Vanessa is currently taking her Master's degree in Japanese Studies in hopes of deepening her understanding of the country's media culture in relation to pop culture, women, and queer people like herself. She speaks three languages but still manages to get lost in the subways of Tokyo with her clunky Japanese. Fueled by iced coffee brewed from local cafés in Metro Manila, she also regularly covers anime and video games while queuing for her next match in League of Legends.