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May 11, 2026, edition of Fox News' The Five

LISA KENNEDY MONTGOMERY (CO-HOST): It's funny because earlier today, the president was talking about the big divide with the people he's negotiating with in Iran, and you've got the moderates and the lunatics. It's the same thing in the Democrat Party. You've got the moderates, and I think most Democrats would consider themselves to be pretty rational, pretty moderate. But the loudest people and the only ones with ideas -- unfortunately they're god awful ideas -- are the lunatics. They are the progressives.

And, you know, you've got the general, the Fuhreress, who's out there, and she, frankly, sounds like a fascist. She's talking about the presidency isn't enough, you know, it's like, four years isn't enough, I want all of it. You know, that sounds like a completely unhinged, authoritarian person who wants to inflate the size of the state and wants to increase taxation, which isn't going to mean on billionaires. That is going to be on the middle class.

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How right-wing media sow distrust and confusion around vaccines and science

As Florida ends school vaccine requirements and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership comes under fire, the right has repackaged anti-science talking points as well-meaning skepticism

Written by Gideon Taaffe, Isabella Sherk, Jack Wheatley & Jack Winstanley

Published 09/18/25

Amid the rise of the so-called “Make America Healthy Again” movement, right-wing media figures have employed a variety of tactics that sow doubt and confusion around vaccine efficacy and science more broadly. These efforts to capitalize on existing distrust of public health institutions and pharmaceutical companies have gained renewed momentum following Florida’s elimination of vaccine requirements for schools and comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a contentious Senate hearing.

MAHA acolytes have challenged well-studied topics by “just asking questions,” described vaccination requirements as impediments to freedom and parental choice, and exploited post-pandemic mistrust of public health infrastructure and pharmaceutical companies.

The MAHA movement is fueling mistrust in medicine amid a CDC leadership shake-up and Florida's elimination of vaccine requirements

- In early September, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the state is working to eliminate all vaccine requirements for children in public schools, an announcement which quickly came under fire by doctors and public health experts. In his statement to the public, Ladapo said of vaccines, “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.” The American Medical Association released a statement opposing the move, stating: “This unprecedented rollback would undermine decades of public health progress and place children and communities at increased risk for diseases such as measles, mumps, polio, and chickenpox resulting in serious illness, disability, and even death.” NBC News, [9/3/25; The American Medical Association, 9/3/25]

- After the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced scrutiny from both sides of the aisle at a contentious Senate hearing where many called for his resignation.Monarez’s firing spurred other top CDC officials to step down and caution the public over the state of the organization’s scientific independence. This, along with criticism for canceling $500 million in funding for mRNA research that produced the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine, contributed to a dramatic hearing where senators sparred with Kennedy. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who voted for Kennedy’s confirmation, said the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation that only people at high risk for complications and those over 65 need the vaccine effectively denies people access to the shot. NPR, [9/4/25; BBC News, 8/5/25; CBS News,8/28/25]

- At a September 17 Senate hearing, Monarez testified that Kennedy had told her “that the ‘childhood vaccine schedule would be changing starting in September’ and that she ‘needed to be on board with it.’” According to NPR, Monarez told the senators that Kennedy “just wanted blanket approval” adding, “Even under pressure, I could not replace evidence with ideology.” NPR, [9/17/25]

- The New York Times used AI to analyze 38 MAHA figures and organizations featured in around 12,000 videos and podcasts, concluding that these influencers amplify frustration with the health care system to reel viewers in “using wellness content as a trojan horse for conspiracy theories.” The Times noted that some of these figures are using these platforms to sell a product rather than to meaningfully address public health problems like poverty or lack of access to nutritious food and health care. One interviewee who got pulled down the MAHA rabbit hole said, “I thought if my daughter got vaccinated, she would die in her sleep that night.” The New York Times, [9/9/25]

## Tactic 1: “Just asking questions” about established science as a means to sow doubt

Right-wing media figures have presented uninformed, speculative questions about the safety of vaccines as legitimate criticism of the science, saying there’s nothing wrong with “wanting to ask questions” and often presenting their own queries as evidence that established bodies of research should be approached skeptically. In an essay for Big Think, Warren Berger argued that people falsely equate “questioning with critical thinking” and added that conspiracy theorists “act as if their uninformed, speculative questions demand that someone else provide answers.” Kelly Weirich, professor of philosophy at Pierce College, also stated that “while questions technically don’t make claims, they do affirm claims in a subtler way through the assumptions embedded in them.” University of Dayton lecturer Megan Donelson noted that the right’s tactic of “just asking questions” in this way “serves to undermine public trust in science and medicine.”

- Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones attacked Democrats questioning Kennedy, saying, “I guess the most frustrating thing about the entire hearing is there seems to be zero curiosity on why we're such a sick nation.” Jones continued, “I do have some genuine curiosity about the science about each vaccine. And it didn't seem like they were trying to get to the bottom of that or even hear him out.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [9/5/25]

- Fox & Friendsco-host Brian Kilmeade asked, “When do you give the vaccines? Are you giving them all at once? Does that play into autism?” He claimed that in a few weeks, Kennedy “will announce the cause of autism, or the likely cause, which I think is extremely beneficial for us.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [9/5/25]

- Jones later said that “there is something wrong with some of the vaccines,” adding that “not all of them are bad, but there are questions that Americans have about it.” He continued, “They should be able to give us answers. But we're not conducting our own studies. We depend on foreign people to do the studies, and there’s questions there.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [9/8/25]

- OnThe Five, co-host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery claimed, “I disagree with him [Kennedy] on a lot of stuff but at least he makes me think about vaccines.” She added, “I think that is the best thing we can do as a society. And have these honest discussions about how we look and what we are putting in our bodies, and the solutions we are giving our children when we are failing them — when all of these institutions are failing them.” Fox News, *The Five*, [9/4/25]

- Fox host and former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she doesn’t agree with everything Kennedy says but likes his “healthy skepticism for the science, wanting to ask questions about your children, what we are putting in their bodies.” Fox News, *The Five*, [9/5/25]

- Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked MAHA podcaster Gary Brecka, “Are we overprescribing generally as a society and overvaccinating?” Brecka responded, “We are the most over-medicalized nation in the world,” describing the U.S. as “the sickest, fattest, most disease-ridden nation in the world.” Fox News, *Hannity*, [9/4/25]

- Newsmax host Rob Finnerty asked if it's possible that former President Joe Biden is “vaccine-injured” and suggested vaccination caused his cancer. Newsmax, *Finnerty*, [9/2/25]

- Fox News host Laura Ingraham noted that “Kennedy and others have raised questions about the number of new vaccines added to the recommended pediatric schedule.” Citing the supposedly “staggering” increase in recommended vaccinations, Ingraham argued that it “makes total sense” to change COVID vaccine approvals. Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [9/4/25]

## Tactic 2: Presenting vaccine requirements as impediments to freedom and parental choice
Criticisms against public health policy surged at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and rhetoric equating vaccine mandates to government overreach has persisted within the right-wing media ecosystem. The Nations Health, an outlet of the American Public Health Association, has highlighted several recent examples of the “medical freedom movement” undermining public health by removing fluoride from tap water and promoting alternative medicines. Additionally, the new CDC recommendations will make it more difficult for those who wish to get vaccinated for COVID-19, as the vaccines may no longer be covered by insurance companies.

- On his radio show, Fox host Sean Hannity celebrated the Florida mandate rescission, which he claimed was “giving people freedom and giving people choice, which I think is great.” Premiere Radio Network, *The Sean Hannity Show*, [9/4/25]

- Hannity: “Masks may be coming back to California while the free state of Florida is moving to end draconian vaccine mandates for your children in school.” Fox News, *Hannity*, [9/4/25]

- Right-wing influencer Benny Johnson wrote that “vaccine mandates are wrong” and “Florida is absolutely right to remove them,” adding, “Parents should have the final say over kids’ health, not the government.” Twitter/X, [9/4/25]

- Dr. Simone Gold, an anti-vaccine activist and January 6 participant, celebrated the FDA’s move to end Emergency Use Authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine, stating, “Mandates are dead. Freedom wins.” Twitter/X, [8/27/25, ABC News, 6/12/22]

- Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt emphasized parental choice while talking about COVID vaccines, saying, “As a mom, I’m going to decide what my child gets.”Earhardt: “There were a handful of us that didn't want our kids to have the COVID vaccine. That was my choice as a mom, because we interviewed so many kids — the kid who played soccer out on Long Island, who fell and had a heart problem, can’t play anymore, and his parents thought it was because of the vaccine. I just heard so many stories like that, I made the decision for myself.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [9/5/25]

## Tactic 3: Exploiting distrust of public health organizations, experts, and pharmaceutical manufacturers

The MAHA movement and Kennedy — who according to NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin “seems to assume bad intent among experts” and who has accused public health agencies of “deliberately manipulating the truth” — have seized on a wider sense of mistrust and confusion following the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report from Politico, “An increasing number of families are projecting their attitudes toward the Covid-19 vaccine onto shots for measles, chickenpox, meningitis and other diseases,” and “parents who were hesitant to vaccinate their children before the pandemic have now been joined by people who think the government mishandled the crisis.” Now, despite evidence suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, Kennedy and his MAHA acolytes are exploiting this distrust in public health institutions to appeal to a base that “felt angered by a lot of early pandemic policies” and “felt betrayed by the government.”

- Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier claimed, “The CDC lost all credibility throughout the COVID pandemic when they continued to universally recommend the COVID vaccine, even after the science changed.” She continued, “The problem here we have is that all of these vaccines are being lumped as though that they are created equally and they have the same benefit, and the reality is that's not true. So while removing all vaccine mandates for school-aged children is swinging that pendulum from one extreme to the other extreme, truly Americans — and especially our children — deserve more of a nuanced discussion about this.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [9/4/25]

- Right-wing podcaster Liz Wheeler wrote that fewer people now believe the government should “forcibly vaxx kids” because “70+ shots added to the schedule, an insane epidemic of autism, ADHD, cancer, neurological issues, & autoimmune diseases among CHILDREN.” She continued, “A generation of children have been hurt, and we all know it. If you think Bobby Kennedy doesn’t have America’s support, you’re crazy.” Twitter/X, [9/4/25]

- Wheeler reposted a video of Kennedy onFox & Friendsclaiming the CDC was hiding vaccine safety data from him. She wrote, “I wonder why?” Twitter/X, [9/7/25]

- The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles claimed the CDC “lost their credibility during COVID,” adding, “They lied to us about vaccines.” He continued, “They lied to us about the efficacy of the vaccine. They lied to us about the safety of the vaccine. They lied to us about everything regarding the vaccine.” The Daily Wire, *The Michael Knowles Show*, [9/2/25]

- Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty claimed, “Hundreds of millions of people were forced to get the vaccine” during the COVID pandemic, adding, “People have had adverse reactions to this vaccine we were told was safe that was forced upon us.” Newsmax, *Finnerty*, [9/4/25]

- TownHall writer Scott Morefield shared a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump in which he asked pharmaceutical companies to “justify the success of their various Covid Drugs,” adding, “This kind of spotlight on the efficacy of the mRNA jabs could cause the whole house of cards to come crashing down.” Morefield celebrated Trump’s post, stating, “I didn’t think Trump’s ego would ever allow him to do this, but he continues to pleasantly surprise me,” and ending with “Bravo!” Twitter/X, [9/1/25]

- Fox News host Jesse Watters questioned the vaccine recommendations for children, saying the “people at the CDC recommending it are at the CDC because the vaccine industry put them there,” and he accused senators of “blindly defending vaccine companies like it's their job.” Watters: “Why does a baby get 18 shots before they are 18 months old? It used to be eight — now it's 18. Why does a kid have 76 shots before they are old enough to vote? We never used to get that many, but the CDC recommends this. And the people at the CDC recommending it are at the CDC because the vaccine industry put them there. Maybe 76 is the right amount. Maybe it could be a little less or a lot less. We don't know. RFK is just trying to get a fresh set of eyes on it and look at the data. And senators are blindly defending vaccine companies like it's their job.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [9/4/25]

- Watters suggested that people advocating for vaccinations are doing so to keep getting “pharma cash.” Watters: “If Kennedy isn’t recommending healthy 18-year-olds get COVID boosters, then there's less pharma cash to spread around to the politicians. If a baby gets eight vaccines instead of 18, less cash to spread around to the politicians. If doctors tell patients to eat healthy and exercise instead of get the fat shot, less cash to the politicians. Same thing with sex changes, diabetes medication, and antidepressants. Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics, some of their biggest donors — vaccine makers? Take the COVID vaccine. Nothing they said about the COVID vaccine turned out to be true.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [9/4/25]

- Newsmax's Rob Schmitt described comments from senators questioning Kennedy as “enraged insults from politicians who have either been bribed to protect Big Pharma or those who have fully drunk their Kool-Aid.” Newsmax, *Rob Schmitt Tonight*, [9/4/25]

### Greg Gutfeld once denounced Donald Trump’s “antiscience point of view” on vaccines and autism

09/09/25 10:09 AM EDT

### Fox News championed anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. Now he’s killing research into next-generation vaccines.

08/11/25 9:56 AM EDT

### Right-wing media downplayed the likelihood of a measles outbreak. U.S. cases just reached a new high since the disease was eliminated.

07/09/25

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is widely seen as a top contender to challenge Republican Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. Early polling shows her leading the Democratic field.

Fox News hosts in recent weeks have targeted the outspoken Texas Democrat, an attorney, and in one particularly caustic segment on Thursday, they denigrated her intelligence and capabilities.

“Her incompetence is beastly,” declared Fox News co-host Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery. “I mean, she certainly is a mental deficient.”

“If you listen to any of her statements, and she is callous. She’s also, you know, she’s a dumb-dumb, and you can’t take her seriously,” Kennedy continued. “She doesn’t have solid policy positions, and, uh, you know, she is a recalcitrant piece of garbage.”

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Kennedy concluded that “all she cares about is making her profile more massive, and she’s massively incompetent.”

According to Newsweek, “Crockett has not yet declared a run for Senate but has been viewed by many as a rising star in the Democratic Party on the national stage. Her rise has also drawn significant criticism and backlash from Republicans.”

In response to Crockett denouncing President Donald Trump’s “racist and wrong” remarks about the President of Liberia, White House spokesperson Harrison Fields on Thursday attacked the Texas Democratic Congresswoman.

“Jasmine Crockett has the brain capacity of a jellyfish and is the last person on Earth to critique anyone’s mental acuity, let alone intelligence,” Fields said, as The Hill reported. “The Democrats’ rising star has done more to cement the party’s demise than the President she breathlessly supported, the decrepit and feeble Joe Biden.”

In a poll commissioned by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Crockett “led with 35 percent support among surveyed Democratic voters, ahead of [Colin] Allred at 20 percent, with [Beto] O’Rourke and Texas Representative Joaquin Castro both at 13 percent,” Newsweek noted.

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Fox News panel slams the Inflation Reduction Act with data that’s 2 years out of date

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Fox News panel slams the Inflation Reduction Act with data that’s 2 years out of date

Perhaps the team at Fox simply forgot what year it is?

Written by Craig Harrington

Research contributions from Zachary Pleat

Published 09/06/24

All five of the co-hosts of Fox News’ midday program Outnumbered got in on the action Friday of taking shots at one of the Biden-Harris administration’s signature legislative accomplishments: the Inflation Reduction Act.

In their criticisms of the law they seemed completely unaware of the dramatic reduction of inflation that has occurred over the past two years, and they dishonestly characterized the bill as a sort of Trojan horse for major climate legislation.

On the September 6 edition of Fox News’ Outnumbered, co-host and former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany introduced the segment by slamming President Joe Biden for “admitting” that the Inflation Reduction Act “wasn't about inflation; it was really about his climate agenda.”

As the segment progressed, all of the co-hosts took turns deriding the “Inflation Explosion Act” for supposedly resulting in increased inflation and mocking President Joe Biden for his purported recent admission that the IRA was actually just a version of the Green New Deal.

Fox News’ production team also paired the segment with a misleading on-screen graphic criticizing Biden for annualized inflation rising from 1.4% before he took office to 9.1% in June 2022.

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CitationFrom the September 6, 2024, edition of Fox News' Outnumbered

Both of Fox’s lines of attack are deeply misleading.

First, the Inflation Reduction Act is not simply a rebrand of the Green New Deal. Fox has been lying about this for years, and it has never been true.

The Biden administration has also not been secretive about the historic climate provisions included in the bill. As the bill was being negotiated in July 2022, The Washington Post touted that its provisions included “the nation’s biggest-ever climate bill.” CNN likewise described the law as “the largest climate investment in US history, and by far the biggest legislative win for the environmental movement since the Clean Air Act.” Last August, the White House marked the first anniversary of the passage of the IRA by releasing a fact sheet boasting that the IRA “is the most ambitious investment in combating the climate crisis in world history.”

Second, the inflationary peak the Fox personalities claimed to be so upset about occurred more than two years ago. The Inflation Reduction Act was negotiated in Congress and enacted into law amid that inflationary peak.

The IRA was enacted in August 2022 and, since it went into effect, all traditional measurements of inflation have improved considerably –– a fact McEnany glossed over.

Fox viewers were shown this graphic, which included only January 2021 (when the economy was still largely dampened by COVID) and June 2022 (peak of inflation). Fox could have easily shown its viewers more recent data, demonstrating that inflation has been stable for over a year and is now only slightly higher than pre-pandemic levels:

Fox personality Lisa Kennedy Montgomery slammed the administration, saying that working families “haven’t gotten a raise” and that the price of eggs has risen to “$10 a dozen,” but those statements are simply false.

In reality, average hourly wages are up, wage growth has outpaced inflation since May 2023, and the average egg price is $3 per dozen nationwide. Even with inflation, an analysis from the Center for American Progress shows that wage increases had surpassed price increases by November 2023.

### New inflation report showed “amazing” improvement. Fox News trashed it anyway.

07/11/24 4:31 PM EDT

### Fox & Friends calls inflation report that was in line with expectations a “nasty report”

05/15/24 1:53 PM EDT

### News headlines turn a good inflation report into a bad one by focusing on missed expectations

02/13/24 4:34 PM EST

### Fox continues to mislead about grocery inflation

04/11/24 2:04 PM EDT

### Media outlets are blaring about nonexistent “stagflation.” Economic experts say they’re wrong.

05/01/24 9:21 AM EDT

### Newspapers largely failed to report Trump's inflationary policies, and economists have taken it upon themselves to warn the public

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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born September 8, 1972),^[2] referred to mononymously as Kennedy, is an American libertarian political commentator, radio personality, author, and former MTV VJ. She is a commentator on Fox News Channel, a primary guest host of Fox's Outnumbered and The Five, host of the podcast Kennedy Saves The World on Fox News Radio and a columnist for The Daily Mail. Kennedy was the host of MTV's now-defunct daily late-night alternative-rock program Alternative Nation throughout much of the 1990s.^[3] She hosted Kennedy on the Fox Business Network from 2015 to 2023.^[4]

Early life

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon,^[5] a suburb of Portland. Kennedy and her two brothers were raised by her mother.^[6] She is of Romanian and Scottish descent.^[7][8] She attended Lakeridge High School.^[9] She attended Santa Monica College before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles; she later completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2005.^[10]

Kennedy interned as a DJ at KROQ radio in Los Angeles as a teenager.^[11] She was known on KROQ as "the Virgin Kennedy".^[12]

Career

Kennedy began her career as a VJ on MTV in 1992.^[2][3] She hosted Alternative Nation from 1992 to 1997.^[13] By 1995, she had become such a recognizable cultural figure that the sitcom Murphy Brown introduced a new character named McGovern, modeled after her.^[14]

In 1999, Kennedy published her book Hey Ladies! Tales and Tips for Curious Girls, in which she incorporated a multitude of personal experiences.^[15] That same year, she moved to Seattle to host The Buzz on KQBZ radio; the show was a mix of news, local issues, and comedy.^[16] Kennedy left Seattle in 2001 to cohost a morning radio show with Ahmet Zappa on the Comedy World Radio Network, The Future with Ahmet & Kennedy, a similar mix of current events and comedy.^[3] She later co-hosted a morning show with Malibu Dan, The Big House.^[3]

Beginning June 3, 2002, Kennedy hostedGame Show Network 's Friend or Foe?,^[17] which ran for two seasons. On April 1, 2003, she guest-hosted the GSN show WinTuition as part of GSN's April Fools prank where hosts swap places, while the original hosts usually appear as cameos, and play as contestants in Lingo for charity.

She also hosted GSN's Who Wants to Be Governor of California?,^[17] a televised debate among fringe candidates in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, such as actors Gary Coleman and Mary Carey. On July 3, 2003, Kennedy hosted a pilot episode for a proposed revival of Scrabble on GSN, titled Scrabble Challenge. The show was ultimately not picked up.^[18]

Beginning September 23, 2005, Kennedy appeared as an occasional panelist on VH1's Best Week Ever and MSNBC's Scarborough Country. In October 2005, she became host of Fox Reality's Reality Remix until that series ended in June 2008.

In December 2007, she guest-hosted the evening show several times on Los Angeles talk-radio station KFI,^[19] before being hired by the station for a regular Sunday-afternoon show.^[20] In April 2008, she joined Bryan Suits as cohost of the Kennedy & Suits Show at that station through September 30, 2009. She hosted Music in the Mornings on KYSR in Los Angeles from 2009 until March 2014.^[21]

[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_-_29074369537.jpg)Kennedy in July 2018

On January 18, 2011, she began appearing as Anthony Sullivan's assistant on PitchMen, looking for new inventions to promote in infomercials.

Kennedy joined Fox Business Network as a contributor in 2012. She co-hosted The Independents, a current-events and political discussion show, from its debut on December 9, 2013.^[22] The show was cancelled in January 2015, but she continued as host of her own program, Kennedy.^[23][24] Kennedy was put on hiatus March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[25] On October 19, 2020, the program ended its seven-month hiatus.^[26] On May 31, 2023, Fox Business announced that it would be ending Kennedy after 8 years.^[4] She continues to serve as a regular guest/host on Fox News.

Following the cancellation of Kennedy on FBN, Kennedy announced that her podcast Kennedy Saves The World would be putting out episodes Monday-Friday at 7 p.m. EST beginning on June 26, 2023.^[27]

She is also a contributor to Reason.com and Reason.tv, and occasionally serves as guest host for Bill Carroll, John and Ken, and Tim Conway Jr. on KFI. She was a correspondent on the Fox Business talk show Stossel, and made occasional appearances as a panelist and guest host on Fox News' Red Eye. She makes appearances on other Fox talk shows, such as Outnumbered, The Five, and *Gutfeld*!.

Kennedy served as a regular host of Fox News Saturday Night from June 2023 through January 2024.^[28]

Politics

[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_%2840661350173%29.jpg)Kennedy speaking with attendees at the 2019 Young Americans for Liberty Convention at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kennedy is registered as unaffiliated.^[29] She is a supporter of same-sex marriage,^[30][31] and officiated at the wedding of fellow Fox contributor Guy Benson to husband Adam Wise.^[32] She also supports privatization of Social Security.^[33] She opposes the "war on drugs" and bureaucratic regulation.^[34]

She later abandoned social conservatism, saying, "Social conservatism was really bringing me down, and I realized, as time went on, that I wasn't a Bush conservative. I was really a libertarian."^[34][39] She was first introduced to libertarianism when Kurt Loder suggested she read Ayn Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.^[40] She actively supported Gary Johnson in both the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.^[41]

In March 2012, Reason published an article by Kennedy saying atheism is a religion on par with theistic religions.^[42] In 2014, according to Robert Draper, her show is not pro-Republican; it "bash[es] not only 'Obamacare' but also the N.S.A., neoconservatives and social scolds."^[43]

Personal life

Kennedy is divorced from former professional snowboarder Dave Lee; the couple has two daughters.^[44][1]

Prior to 1995, Kennedy dated Goo Goo Dolls frontman and guitarist John Rzeznik.^[45] The song "Name" was written about her.^[46][47]

She has the Romanian flag tattooed on her left ankle,^[48][34] and a pink Republican elephant tattooed on her upper left thigh.^[38]

In September 2012, during an appearance on Red Eye, Kennedy said she had been diagnosed with celiac disease,^[49] leading her to change to a more meat-based diet.

Kennedy is a triathlete.^[50]

At the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards, Kennedy was involved in an on-air verbal altercation with host Roseanne Barr over a fellatio joke involving Rush Limbaugh.^[51]

Excerpts from Kennedy's segment on Fox were featured in the "Now this" segment of the first episode of season 7 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.^[52]

Publications

Kennedy (1999). Hey Ladies!: Tales and Tips for Curious Girls (1 ed.). New York City: Main Street Books. ISBN 9780385490948.
Kennedy (2013). The Kennedy Chronicles: The Golden Age of MTV through Rose-Colored Glasses (1 ed.). New York City, New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-1250017475.

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

How right-wing media sow distrust and confusion around vaccines and science

Fox News panel slams the Inflation Reduction Act with data that’s 2 years out of date

Early life

Career

Politics

Personal life

Publications

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