skip to contentAdvertisementOn Sunday, Kilmeade returned to the topic and issued a direct apology on the weekend edition of the show.By: Express Web Desk New Delhi,September 15, 2025 08:22 PM IST First published on: Sep 15, 2025 at 08:22 PM ISTJoinShare ShareWhatsapptwitterFacebook Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade attends the 79th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Oct. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologised on Sunday after he suggested on air that mentally ill homeless people who refuse services should be executed, calling the remark “extremely callous.”Kilmeade’s comment came during a discussion on Wednesday’s “Fox & Friends” about the August 22 stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train. A homeless man with reported mental-health issues, Decarlos Brown Jr, was arrested in connection with the killing and the case was widely covered on the network following the release of security footage.While co-host Lawrence Jones and Ainsley Earhardt debated public spending on services for the homeless, Jones suggested jailing those who rejected help. Kilmeade interjected: “Or involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill ’em.” Earhardt responded, “Why did it have to get to this point?” and Kilmeade replied, “I will say this, we’re not voting for the right people.”On Sunday, Kilmeade returned to the topic and issued a direct apology on the weekend edition of the show. “I wrongly said they should get lethal injection. I apologize for that extremely callous remark. I am obviously aware that not all mentally ill, homeless people act as the perpetrator did in North Carolina and that so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion,” he said.Advocates for people experiencing homelessness condemned the remark. Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Win (a New York City provider of shelter and services for homeless children), called the comment “completely devoid of all humanity” and invited Kilmeade to volunteer at one of the organisation’s shelters.Most ReadFox News management did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Kilmeade’s on-air suggestion came hours before the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, an event that intensified scrutiny of heated rhetoric on both sides of the political spectrum. An MSNBC analyst, Matthew Dowd, was later fired the same day after saying on air that hateful rhetoric can lead to hateful actions.AdvertisementAdvertisementYou May Like