Fox News Host Laura Ingraham shared a public apology Thursday to Parkland school student David Hogg after multiple companies announced they were pulling their ads from her show, the Ingraham Angle.
Any student should be proud of a 4.2 GPA —incl. @DavidHogg111. On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland. For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David…(1/2)
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018
… immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how “poised” he was given the tragedy. As always, he’s welcome to return to the show anytime for a productive discussion. WATCH: https://t.co/5wcd00wWpd (2/2)
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018
Update: Hogg says Ingraham’s apology is “not enough.”
“I will only accept your apology only [sic] if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I [sic] in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children,” Hogg tweeted Thursday afternoon, responding to a tweet from a Parkland parent who lost his daughter in the February 14, 2018, shooting.
What Ingraham did “was disgusting,” said Fred Guttenberg, adding that “[o]ur message for common sense gun reforms has won” and those in opposition “need to pay a price for that.”
I 100% agree an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology only if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I️ in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children. https://t.co/H0yWs4zMGk
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
An apology to save your advertisers is not enough. What you did was disgusting. Our message for common sense gun reforms has won, and the those in opposition have gone negative. They need to pay a price for that. These kids have suffered enough.https://t.co/aNixXkErrI
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 29, 2018
Anti-gun activist and Parkland school shooting survivor Hogg called for an advertiser boycott Wednesday after Ingraham teased him about getting rejected from several colleges.
Soooo @IngrahamAngle what are your biggest advertisers … Asking for a friend. #BoycottIngramAdverts
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Rachael Ray’s pet food brand Nutrish was the first company to announce Thursday it was removing its ads from the conservative host’s Fox News program, followed by online travel website TripAdvisor and online home goods company Wayfair.
Read more: TripAdvisor and Wayfair Yank Ads from Laura Ingraham’s Show
Just hours after Hogg asked followers to pressure advertisers to sever ties with Ingraham’s show, Nutrish tweeted that it was leaving.
“We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program,” the company tweeted.
We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.
— Nutrish (@Nutrish) March 29, 2018
Nutrish’s parent company, Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, did not respond to Breitbart News’ request for comment. The company also owns Better Than and Dad’s Pet Food brands. An email sent to Rachael Ray’s company received no response.
In a statement to CNBC, a TripAdvisor spokesperson said that the company does not “condone the inappropriate comments made by this broadcaster.”
Ingraham had teased Hogg after reports that Hogg’s applications to certain colleges had been rejected.
David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA…totally predictable given acceptance rates.) https://t.co/wflA4hWHXY
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 28, 2018
“In our view, these statements focused on a high school student, cross the line of decency. As such, we have made a decision to stop advertising on that program,” the TripAdvisor spokesperson added, according to CNBC.
The first public company to join the boycott, TripAdvisor did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Breitbart News if this stance against a prominent conservative should be taken as a message to conservative travelers who might use its website.
Later on Thursday, online home goods company Wayfair told CNBC that it too plans to stop advertising on Ingraham’s program over the tweet.
“As a company, we support open dialogue and debate on issues. However, the decision of an adult to personally criticize a high school student who has lost his classmates in an unspeakable tragedy is not consistent with our values,” Wayfair’s head of public relations, Jane Carpenter, told CNBC.
“We do not plan to continue advertising on this particular program,” Carpenter said.
A similar boycott campaign was run against corporations affiliated with the NRA after the Parkland school shooting. Over a dozen cut ties with the gun rights organization within 10 days of the tragedy.
Ingraham’s show, the Ingraham Angle, airs on Fox News at 10 p.m. eastern on weeknights.
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