Jesse Watters wants to ‘slap’ Bill Hemmer silly for ‘whiffing’ on interview with returned astronauts

Fox News’ Jesse Watters wants the dirt about what may or may not have happened in space,  and is upset his colleague didn’t get it.

“The Five” hosts were reacting to Bill Hemmer’s interview with the astronauts who were saved by Elon Musk after being stranded by the Biden administration. on the International Space Station for nine months.

EXCLUSIVE: Watch the full interview with astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on @AmericaNewsroom with @BillHemmer, as they reflect on their experience aboard the ISS after spending more than nine months in space. pic.twitter.com/YJQ0zEyyWU

— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 31, 2025

“Did you see their body language? Oh, they hate each other. Can you blame them?” Greg Gutfeld charged.

Co-host Jessica Tarlov took it down a notch.

“They talked a lot about what their days looked like. She even said that he would Zoom into his Sunday church service every week, so they kept some degree of regularity,” she said before Jesse Watters ramped the conversation back up.

“Hemmer’s a great interviewer, but he whiffed,” Watters explained. “The main question that everybody wanted asked was, did they hook up? And he just left it hanging out there. I hope there’s a part two to this interview, Hemmer, because next time I see you I’m going to slap you silly.”

Watters’ remarks were reminiscent of President Trump’s quip about the two astronauts possibly growing to love each other.

“I hope they like each other. Maybe they’ll love each other, I don’t know. But they’ve been left up there, think of it,” Trump said earlier this month. “And I see the woman with the wild hair. Good solid head of hair she’s got. There’s no kidding, there’s no games with her hair.”

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