Fox News Anchor Responds to Conan's Porn Joke
Earlier Today, FTVLive posted a clip from Conan O'Brien's show where he made a joke about female Fox News Anchors (read the story and watch the clip here).
O'Brien did a gag where he had a fake book with the title, "Fox News Anchor or Porn Star?"
The cover of the book featured a picture of FNC Anchor Jenna Lee.
Needless to say, Lee did not find the joke funny and took to Facebook to lash out at O'Brien:
Lee wrote, "I've let these comments sail by in the past; why give it more attention? I think to myself..."I signed up for this business, didn't I?" But as a wife, and a new mom, this trashy comment is not only inappropriate, it's clearly ridiculous. And not even funny! I'm also someone's daughter - and it's for the benefit of young girls, like Conan's daughter Neve, who are growing up in a world where porn references to successful, educated women are somehow considered "funny" and appropriate, even when made by fathers, that I think we need to discuss this...
In fact, Conan brings up a sad truth. Some women feel they need to dress and look like porn stars to make it on TV. I wonder where they get that idea? Could it be that the more provocative and sexy their social media photos are, the more followers they get? Maybe they don't care about their "traditional career" - the Twitter followers are enough. But personally, it makes me extremely sad to see so many talented women tarted-up because they feel like thats what they need to do to be successful."
Lee went out to write, "As many of you have noted - I dress more conservatively than many of the women on TV. It's a conscious, strategic decision. My theory is my body should never be more important than my body of work - and I'm not done building the latter. Quite frankly, I'll never be."