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Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday in 2012 in Washington, DC.Paul Morigi—Getty Images by [Adam Carlson/People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Adam Carlson/People Contributor Apr 4, 2015 5:45 PM UTC Fox News host Greta Van Susteren has called on colleague Chris Wallace to apologize for making comments about singer [Kelly Clarkson](http://www.people.com/people/kelly%5Fclarkson)‘s weight. Wallace’s comment came during a radio appearance Friday on _The Mike Gallagher Show_, in which the two began joking about Gallagher’s weight. And then with one comment, Gallagher, 54, brought up Clarkson, 32. “Listen, don’t fat shame me. You do a lot of fat shaming,” Gallagher said, [according to an audio and transcript by Media Matters](http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/04/03/foxs-chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-could-stay-of/203162). “That’s the new phrase now, ‘fat shaming.’ Have you seen Kelly Clarkson? You know the singer, Kelly Clarkson? Holy cow, did she blow up.” At first Wallace, 67, didn’t engage. “Really? Do we want to talk about some of your friends?” he said. He later added, “Kelly Clarkson’s got a lovely voice.” _Read Next:_ [_Kelly Clarkson Talks Weight Criticism With Ellen DeGeneres_](http://time.com/3771201/kelly-clarkson-talks-weight-criticism-with-ellen-degeneres/) But then he continued, “She could stay off the deep dish pizza for a little while.” Van Susteren, 60, discussed the exchange on her blog Friday. “This ‘guy snickering’ about her weight is obnoxious. He should apologize,” [she wrote](http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2015/04/03/chris-wallace-owes-kelly-clarkson-an-apology/). Neither Clarkson nor Wallace have publicly commented, but Clarkson has long battled excessive scrutiny over her weight. The pop singer discussed weight critics with [Ellen Degeneres](http://www.people.com/people/ellen%5Fdegeneres) during [a Friday appearance on her show](http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2015/04/03/kelly-clarkson-talks-about-her-weight-on-ellen/). Clarkson said, “I think what hurts my feelings for people is that I’ll have a meet-and-greet after the show and a girl who’s like bigger than me will be in the meet-and-greet and be like, ‘Wow, if they think you’re big I must be so fat to them.’ And it’s like, you’re just who you are.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771515/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771515/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight/"},"headline":"Fox News Host Criticized for Comments on Kelly Clarkson's Weight","datePublished":"2015-04-04T17:45:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:28.926Z","description":"\"He should apologize\"","url":"https://time.com/3771515/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc913c55c14a2be2/698786b83c1639e724452917/chris-wallace.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Carlson/People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc913c55c14a2be2/698786b83c1639e724452917/chris-wallace.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Wallace Interviews U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia On \"FOX News Sunday\"","caption":"Chris Wallace Interviews U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia On \"FOX News Sunday\"","creditText":"Paul Morigi—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771515/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight/","name":"Fox News Host Criticized for Comments on Kelly Clarkson's Weight"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Moms In Movies: The Best and The Worst","description":"Moms In Movies: The Best and The Worst","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ouaixY4l/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-08T20:53:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ouaixY4l.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3771515/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight/","duration":"PT3M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3771515/chris-wallace-kelly-clarkson-weight/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```