TV sparks chaos as Jim Acosta slams Jesse Watters’ shocking aging at 47, igniting a social media firestorm.NH
A feud between former CNN anchor Jim Acosta and Fox News‘s Jesse Watters has erupted as the pair traded barbs over Donald Trump‘s ongoing White House ballroom construction.
Acosta, 54, who has been targeted by Watters on air over his opposition to the project, called the Fox News host a ‘rapidly aging Fox propagandist’ and ‘outrage porn star’ in a post on X Wednesday.
He also added that Watters ‘has a major crush on me.’
‘Two segments in the last week. Dude take a cold shower. The feeling will go away. Maybe Sean [Hannity] can give you a hug? Also less makeup. A little too Madame Tussauds.’
The segments Acosta cited accused the former CNN start of politicizing the project.
Watters, 47, chalked it up ‘Ballroom Derangement Syndrome.’
‘The Democrats are fighting over a ballroom,’ Watters, 47, mused on Jesse Watters Primetime last week.
‘Just like during COVID, CNN has a live tracker.
‘Jim Acosta is camping outside the White House in tears.
Former CNN star Jim Acosta called longtime rival Jesse Watters a ‘rapidly aging Fox propagandist’ and ‘outrage porn star’ in a post on X Wednesday
He added that Watters ‘has a major crush on me.’ The remarks stemmed over the pair’s disagreements on whether Donald Trump’s construction at the White House is constitutional
‘He’s just mad Trump’s building a big, beautiful thing during the [Chuck] Schumer shutdown, when the whole point of the shutdown is suffering,’
‘Republican presidents aren’t supposed to enjoy their presidencies. They’re supposed to be under siege and hounded out of town like scoundrels and constantly having to flip-flop and apologize and fire staff.
‘Not Trump. He’s making peace building big, beautiful things, tossing sombreros on their heads,’ Watters continued.
During another segment last week, the host flaunted a photoshopped image of Acosta’s face superimposed on a baby’s body.
An accompanying chyron read: ‘Baby Jim wins a TDS Award.’
TDS is an acronym for ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’, a term conservatives use to pan liberals critical of Trump.
‘JUST IN: A new STRAIN OF TDS is SPREADING— “Ballroom Derangement Syndrome”‘ Watters wrote on Facebook Friday as he reshared the clip of Acosta and others speaking out against Trump’s demolition.
Acosta had announced ‘he was at the scene of the crime’ while standing outside the complex in the clip, posted to his Substack on October 22.
Acosta, 54, announced ‘he was at the scene of the crime’ while standing outside the White House in a clip posted to his Substack on October 22.
Watters tore into the former CNN host on his show last week
Acosta, a former CNN White House correspondent, left the network in January as Trump began his second term.
Watters accused him of trying to be ‘the Rosa Parks’ of journalism in 2019 after a viral incident that saw Acosta’s press pass revoked after he struggled with a White House intern over a microphone.
‘This from a lapdog for the White House,’ Acosta responded at the time.
