Fox News personality Jessica Tarlov has made a wild revelation on television over Memorial Day weekend in which she apologized ‘to the entire world for what we export’

Fox’s Jessica Tarlov made a major confession on her show.(Image: Fox News)

Fox News personality Jessica Tarlov delivered an unexpected mea culpa for the cable news industry during a podcast appearance, telling listeners she apologizes “to the entire world for what we export.”

The Five co-host made the striking admission while appearing on the Prof G podcast with Scott Galloway, during a conversation with University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato about the media’s role in current discourse.

When Sabato expressed frustration with television news coverage, citing how “TV funnels what’s selling on social media,” Tarlov responded with her sweeping apology without elaborating on specific concerns. “I watch more TV news that I ever have before,” Sabato admitted during the exchange. “TV funnels what’s selling on social media, I think, more than the reverse. That makes me rage.”

Tarlov’s comments triggered laughter from Sabato, who continued lamenting social media’s influence on political conversation.

Fox News personality Jessica Tarlov made the unexpected remark Sunday night.(Image: (Image: Fox News))

“There’s nothing we can do about social media,” he said. “The one thing I’ve been waiting for that I was promised as a young person was a time machine, I gave up on flying cars. We still don’t have one, ’cause I’d love to go back and make it impossible to create social media. I don’t know how I’d do it. But I would try to do that.”

The podcast remarks surfaced amid mounting criticism of Tarlov following controversial statements during Friday’s Five broadcast. During a segment discussing potential Biden White House cover-ups regarding the president’s health, she pivoted to attack Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency activities with unsubstantiated claims.

“Greg mentioned a ‘staggering level of corruption’ and I just got to note, though that the staggering level of corruption from last night’s meme coin dinner,” Tarlov said on Friday’s broadcast. When challenged by co-hosts for changing subjects, she doubled down: “I’m talking about who is corrupt and who is profiting off the American office.”

Co-host Greg Gutfeld responded sharply: “You’re defending an administration that covered up a dying leader and you’re sitting here going ‘but meme coin, meme coin.’”

She also discussed Donald Trump’s recent cryptocurrency activities (Image: Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The contentious exchange sparked social media backlash, with critics questioning Tarlov’s continued employment at Fox News. Some users suggested she belonged on The View instead, while others dismissed her commentary entirely.

“Why does Fox News even employ her?” one critic wrote. “She brings nothing to the table and Jessie [Watters] and Greg [Gutfeld] call her out on all her lies, dumb liberal!!!”

Another suggested Tarlov might be “a paid actress” because “nobody could be that dumb. Trump is the only president to lose money in office and the only one to donate his salary. Obama never made more than $400K, yet he is a multi-millionaire. Biden as a senator never made more than $175K.”

Tarlov joins other media figures who have criticized cable news practices. Former NBC host Chuck Todd told Mediaite last month he became “demoralized by cable news content” before leaving the network.

“I had it on in my office all the time,” he said. “But most cable news felt like a whole bunch of people trying to game an algorithm. It stopped being informational.”

Ex-Fox star Megyn Kelly similarly criticized the industry, saying after watching 2024 election coverage: “The people don’t look as good – that’s changed. But they’ve changed nothing. They’re having the same stilted, guided, fake conversations that last four minutes long with, like, the stupid panels. It’s amazing how out of date they are.”

Sabato told the Daily Beast that networks engage in “sane-washing” Trump while underestimating his “penchant for retribution,” citing his ongoing lawsuit against CBS News.

“I’ve personally seen the effects of Trump’s intimidation of media companies, law firms and yes, universities,” Sabato said. “The solution they’ve adopted seems to be ‘Let’s keep our head down, stick to a lot of both-sides coverage and then Trump will target others.’”