Bob Beckel Is Sorry About Something: ‘Fox Boss Not Happy’

Bob Beckel, co-host of "The Five" on Fox News.
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Fox News host Bob Beckel posted cryptic apology to his Twitter account on Saturday, saying his “Fox boss” was not happy with him — about something.

As Mediaite’s Evan McMurry pointed out, it was unclear from the tweet what the co-host of “The Five” was apologizing for, since he has come under fire for several offensive comments recently.

Among those comments that made it to air were the use of the racial slur “Chinamen” as well as describing the star of “The Bachelorette” TV show as “a slut.”

Beckel had already sort of apologized for the slur during a bizarre segment in which he also insisted: “I do not apologize to the Chinese government, or for the habits, or for the murders or anything else.”

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  1. Bob Beckel obviously needs some time off to recuperate. So does Kathy Groob in Kentucky.

  2. Let me help you. Not happy about your sexist performance embarrassing the network instead of your stated duties, embarrassing liberals. Which was a fools errand at best.

  3. Fox can’t be upset with him about either his overt sexism or his bigotry, so I can only conclude that he slipped up and said something nice about Barack Obama.

  4. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Same persona that ®s recruit to run for office.
    Dimwitted, completely self-unaware.

    An interesting anecdote on Beckel from Wikipedia:

    In October 2011, Beckel nearly choked to death on a piece of shrimp at a Fox News reception, but was saved by Fox News chief Roger Ailes and The Five co-host Eric Bolling.

    jw1

  5. Wait, is TPM really paying someone to write articles to alert us that Bob Beckel has tweeted something?

    Really?

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