This Screaming Match Between Greg Gutfeld and Jessica Tarlov on 'The Five' Was Brutal
Matt Margolis | 6:42 PM on April 23, 2026
Greg Gutfeld absolutely destroyed Jessica Tarlov on The Five on Thursday, and boy did things get crazy. It was the kind of television that makes you put down your phone and actually pay attention. The two went back and forth, screaming at each other over the question of whether the American right-wing threat narrative has always been overblown, ginned up, or an outright fabrication.
And boy did Gutfeld come in swinging… and he never really stopped, either.
It started when Tarlov pushed back on Gutfeld's characterization of hate crime hoaxes, demanding examples. Gutfeld was ready.
"Jussie Smollett, anyone?" he fired back. "How about the banana peel on the bench?"
Tarlov, never one to care about facts, tried to pivot to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville as evidence that the white supremacist threat is real. “You don't think that hundreds of people showed up at the Unite the Right rally that weren't this informant, that weren't persuaded by his vehicle that got them there,” she said. But when Gutfeld pressed her on exactly who that informant was, she stumbled.
"You don't know," Gutfeld said. "Was it the leader? An informant is not a leader."
From there, the exchange got really tense. Tarlov rattled off group names — Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys — while Gutfeld challenged her framing of the whole event.
https://x.com/ItsDiamondJoe/status/2047429523747008566more
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/23/greg-gutfeld-absolutely-shreds-jessica-tarlov-and-it-was-vicious-n4952128
