1. Life and career

2. Books

3. Controversial remarks
     "We keep marrying other species and other ethnics"    "All terrorists are Muslims"    "You grew up on tacos"    "Bowe Bergdahl's father looks like a member of the Taliban"    Jimmy Kimmel criticism and Kimmel's response    "Not our kids"    Climate change  

4. References

5. External links

Life and career

Kilmeade is of Irish and Italian descent.^[2] After graduating from Massapequa High School in 1982, Kilmeade attended C.W. Post (Brookville, New York), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (1986). He began his career as a correspondent on Channel One News, a daily national high school television news program. He later served as an anchor and host for KHSC-TV in Ontario, California.^[3] He co-hosted The Jim Brown Show on XTRA-AM (KLSD-XTRA 1360 Fox Sports San Diego), an all-sports radio network. In 1993, Kilmeade joined Jim Brown as part of the announcing team for the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC 1) event, conducting post-fight interviews. He moved into the play-by-play role for UFC 2 and UFC 3 in 1994.

Kilmeade was a freelance sports anchor for WVIT (NBC) in Hartford, Connecticut, beginning in 1997. He was a sideline reporter for the MSG Network, where he covered the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, a major league soccer team based in Giants Stadium.

Later, he worked as a feature reporter and anchor for Newsport TV, where he hosted Newsport Journal, a daily magazine show for the national sports network. He also anchored Scoreboard Central, a live half-hour general sports program. According to his website biography, he has 10 years’ experience as a stand-up comedian.^[4]

In April 2006, he filled in the Fox News Radio time slot of former Fox anchor Tony Snow, who had left the network to become Press Secretary in the George W. Bush Administration. He is a frequent anchor of The Five airing nightly at 5 p.m. eastern on FNC.

Kilmeade is Roman Catholic.^[5] He is married to Dawn (DeGaetano) Kilmeade, and they have three children: Brian, Kirstyn, and Kaitlyn.^[6]

Books

• {{cite book |first=Brian| last=Kilmeade |title= The Games Do Count: America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports |publisher= ReganBooks |location=Los Angeles, California|date= October 12, 2004 |isbn= 978-0060736736 }}

• {{cite book |first=Brian|last=Kilmeade |title= It's How You Play the Game: The Powerful Sports Moments that Taught Lasting Values to America's Finest |publisher= HarperCollins |location=New York City| date= May 1, 2007|isbn= 978-0061237263 }}

• {{cite book |first1=Brian |last1=Kilmeade |first2=Don| last2=Yaeger |authorlink2=Don Yaeger |title=George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution|publisher=Sentinel HC|location=New York City|date=November 5, 2013|isbn=978-1595231031}}, an historical novel based on facts of the Culper Ring spies who worked for George Washington during the American Revolution

• {{cite book|authors=Kilmeade, Brian & Yaeger, Don |authorlink2=Don Yaeger |title=Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History|date=November 3, 2015|publisher= Sentinel HC|location=New York City|isbn= 978-1591848066 }}, about President Thomas Jefferson and the First Barbary War

• {{cite book |first1=Brian |last1=Kilmeade |first2=Don |last2=Yaeger |authorlink2=Don Yaeger |title=Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny|publisher=Sentinel HC|location=New York City|date=October 24, 2017|isbn=978-0735213234}}, about President Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

Controversial remarks

Kilmeade faced criticism after expressing support for the far-right English Defence League, often described as an extremist group,^[7] during an interview with their leader 'Tommy Robinson' (real name Stephen Lennon). He finished the interview with the words "Tommy, we got your back and we'll definitely look to keep in touch, it's great what you're doing".^[8]

"We keep marrying other species and other ethnics"

On July 8, 2009, Kilmeade and two co-hosts were discussing a study that, based on research done in Finland and Sweden, showed people who stay married are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Kilmeade, who is Italian-Irish American, commented, "[In the United States] we keep marrying other species and other ethnics..." Ignoring attempts by co-host Gretchen Carlson (who is of Swedish descent) to interrupt him, he added, "See, the problem is the Swedes have pure genes. Because they marry other Swedes... Finns marry other Finns, so they have a pure society. In America we marry everybody, we marry Italians and Irish."^[9]

On July 20, 2009, Kilmeade apologized for his remarks, saying, "I made comments that were offensive to many people. That was not my intention, and looking back at those comments I realize they were inappropriate. For that I sincerely apologize. America [is a] huge melting pot, and that is what makes us such a great country..."^[10]

"All terrorists are Muslims"

In 2010, Kilmeade said "not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims."^[11] Kilmeade later said he misspoke, "I don’t believe all terrorists are Muslims... What I should have said, and I’d like to clarify, is all terrorists who killed us on 9/11; with the Cole; and the Khobar; and the ’98 embassies; that’s what I should have said."^[12] Kilmeade's remarks were criticized^[13][14][15] and Keith Olbermann called the claim "both inaccurate and prejudiced" as groups other than Muslims have committed terrorist acts.^[16]

"You grew up on tacos"

On October 4, 2013, Fox News meteorologist Maria Molina was brought on Fox and Friends to talk about tacos to celebrate National Taco Day. Kilmeade asked Molina: "So what are the tips we need to know? You grew up on tacos, correct?" Molina denied it, explaining she was Nicaraguan and that tacos are not native to Nicaragua. At this point Kilmeade's co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked Molina: "But if you did, if you did grow up on tacos?"^[17][18]

"Bowe Bergdahl's father looks like a member of the Taliban"

On June 3, 2014, Kilmeade made a reference about Bowe Bergdahl's father on air, stating, “I mean, he says he was growing his beard because his son was in captivity. Well, your son’s out now. So if you really don’t want to no longer look like a member of the Taliban, you don’t have to look like a member of the Taliban. Are you out of razors?"^[19]

Jimmy Kimmel criticism and Kimmel's response

On September 20, 2017, Kilmeade commented on Emmy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel's criticism of the Republican-controlled Senate's attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act by saying, “Sunday’s politically charged Emmys may have been the lowest-rated in history, but that’s not stopping Hollywood elites like comedian Jimmy Kimmel from pushing their politics on the rest of the country.”

This prompted Kimmel to call Kilmeade a "phony little creep."

Kimmel, who has often referenced his son's congenital heart defect in his comments regarding health care, said of Kilmeade: “Oh, he’s such a fan — I think he’s been on the show. He follows me on Twitter; he asked me to write a blurb for his book, which I did; he calls my agent looking for projects. He’s dying to be a member of the Hollywood elite. The only reason he’s not a member of the Hollywood elite is because nobody will hire him to be one. And you know, the reason I’m talking about this is because my son had an open-heart surgery, then has to have two more, and because of that I learned that there are kids with no insurance in the same situation. I don’t get anything out of this, Brian, you phony little creep. Oh, I’ll pound you when I see you. That will be my blurb for your next book: ‘Brian Kilmeade is a phony little creep.’”^[20]

Kilmeade responded to Kimmel: "I hope your son gets better. I hope your son gets all the care he needs. I'm glad you're interested, you're doing a great job bringing the dialogue out. But you should do what we're doing. Talk to the people that wrote it [the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill]." ^[21]

"Not our kids"

On June 22, 2018, Kilmeade on Fox & Friends defended the Trump administration family separation policy by saying, "Like it or not, these are not our kids" in reference to foreign-born children who had been separated from their parents and put in detainment.^[22][23]

Climate change

In 2018, Kilmeade criticized Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes for asking President Donald Trump about climate change. Kilmeade said that Stahl was pushing an "agenda" and injecting her "point of view" into the interview by asking the President whether he truly believed climate change was a hoax. Kilmeade said, "She really believes in global warming and that’s fine, and man’s role in climate change and that’s okay. But I don’t think you should bring your point of view ― she was trying to win over the president with her point of view. There are other scientists. Something is going on out there. The role of man has not been unveiled in a way the president accepts."^[24][25]

References

External links

• {{C-SPAN|Brian Kilmeade}}
• [https://twitter.com/kilmeade Verified Twitter]

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