{"id":2118082,"date":"2025-10-27T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2118082"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:51:36","slug":"kid-rock-uses-slur-to-describe-his-halloween-costume-in-cringe-fox-news-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kid-rock-uses-slur-to-describe-his-halloween-costume-in-cringe-fox-news-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock Uses Slur To Describe His Halloween Costume In Cringe Fox News Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kid Rock unveiled an offensive Halloween costume idea on Fox News and host Jesse Watters lapped it up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pro-Trump musician, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, told Watters that he planned to dress as a \u201cretard,\u201d using <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-q-l.org\/resources\/articles\/ableist-language-amp-disability-professionals-commonly-used-language\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:an ableist slur;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">an ableist slur<\/a> that Donald Trump supporters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1981881971685937484\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:praised;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">praised<\/a> but which drew condemnation elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kid Rock set up the exchange by first asking Watters what he\u2019d be wearing for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy whole family is doing Scooby-Doo,\u201d Watters replied. \u201cMy son\u2019s going to be Scooby-Doo. I\u2019m Shaggy, kind of dressed like you, big baggy clothes, long hair, just gonna have a little flask while I walk around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kid Rock then pulled out a face mask, put it over his mouth and excitedly asked, \u201cGuess what I\u2019m gonna be? Guess what I\u2019m gonna be?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watters guessed \u201cFauci,\u201d referring to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who oversaw the U.S. COVID-19 response and who became a bogeyman for the political right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cA retard, a retard,\u201d Kid Rock replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watters laughed and said, \u201cOK, I guess you can be anything for Halloween.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGreatest costume ever,\u201d Kid Rock added.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Related&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/kid-rock-fox-news-halloween_n_68ff3e1de4b0ebfddfba77bf?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read the original on celebrity.land<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kid Rock unveiled an offensive Halloween costume idea on Fox News and host Jesse Watters lapped it up. The pro-Trump musician, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, told Watters that he planned to dress as a \u201cretard,\u201d using an ableist slur that Donald Trump supporters praised but which drew condemnation elsewhere. 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