Although Fox News' Geraldo Rivera is a Fox News talking head, he doesn't always blindly parrot the party-line nonsense coming from his colleagues. Rivera, for example, once got into a high-decibel shouting match with former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly over illegal immigration. And during a Wednesday May 4 broadcast of the Fox News program "The Five," Rivera slammed colleague Greg Gutfeld in response to his comments on abortion.
The heated exchange between the 78-year-old Rivera and far-right commentator Gutfeld came two days after Politico reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a leaked majority draft opinion, laid out an argument for overturning Roe v. Wade. Gutfeld was dancing with joy over the likely demise of Roe, saying that American women should fully embrace motherhood — and Rivera countered that motherhood should be voluntarily.
Geraldo: You insulting punk pic.twitter.com/hGjsEJCVpx
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 4, 2022
Gutfeld told Rivera and others on the panel, "It's something to celebrate, to cherish, to shout" — and Rivera angrily responded, "That's baloney. That's baloney. Cherish the wire hanger stuck up their privates?"
Gutfeld mocked Rivera for reminding viewers that dangerous back-alley abortions were common before the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, and Rivera responded, "You are an arrogant…. You insulting punk."
Rivera is being applauded on Twitter — even by some of his critics — for calling out Gutfeld's idiocy. Here are some of their responses:
Geraldo is right. Overturning Roe v. Wade will not prevent abortions. It will make them dangerous, and often lethal.
— Alyce Miller (@AlyceLMiller) May 4, 2022
Not a lot of shows out there where pointing out women died from back-alley abortions before Roe and that's certain to happen again if Roe is overturned gets rabidly disputed by the host ... but then there's Greg Gutfeld 😐🥃 pic.twitter.com/Ej11C1IAIq
— RRP at Law (@RRPatLaw) May 5, 2022
Geraldo is right. Making abortion illegal is NOT going to stop abortions. It just makes them more dangerous.
— Pam Rollins (@PamRollins) May 4, 2022
An unborn baby or a fetus (I don't care what you call it) is something to celebrate ONLY IF you're willing to have the baby & love & support your child for the next 20 years.
— joaquin 🇺🇦 (@Jack_Forte1) May 4, 2022
Otherwise: it's the opposite of a celebration.
Woman's body, woman's choice.
I’m with Geraldo on this one. And Dana Perino may not want to hear about the wire hangers, but that’s where our country may be headed again. Smh.
— Ex-GOP Hilary 🏴☠️ - #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🌻 (@hplem) May 4, 2022
OK todays gonna be one of those weird days where I kind of side with Geraldo. Yuck.😳🤢
— 🌻Anne Sagebiel🌻 (@AnnieSage) May 4, 2022
I definitely don’t always agree with Geraldo but I respect him for standing up to his own party at times.
— Tara Palmer (@TaraLV_7451) May 4, 2022
