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How Greg Gutfeld Became the Bill Maher of Fox News — And Toppled Fallon and Colbert in the Ratings
Greg Gutfeld sounds off in a new Variety cover story on toppling Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel in the ratings.
Karla Sofía Gascón ’s old social media posts, with shocking takes on George Floyd (“a drug addict swindler”) and Islam (“an infection for humanity that urgently needs to be cured”), are roiling awards season and have turned the actress into a pariah. Perhaps this climate of outrage fatigue explains the rise of Gutfeld, who dances gleefully on the trip wires on his titular show as well as on “ The Five.” His fans see a modern-day Tom Wolfe; his critics contend that he is using satire to soften the edges of fascism. Conservative provocateur Jesse Watters and former Democratic congressman Harold Ford Jr. are sharply dressed in blazers and ties, while former New York judge (and Trump favorite) Jeanine Pirro and George W. Bush press secretary Dana Perino wear pristine suits and stilettos.
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