‘The Five’ Explodes Over Segment On Harris: ‘She Slept With Willie Brown’

Another episode of Fox News' hit show "The Five" became heated as co-hosts from opposing political viewpoints clashed during a discussion about Vice President Kamala Harris.

The debate centered on whether Black Americans do or do not support Harris, as well as allegations that she "slept with" former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

At one point, liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov remarked, “There is something crucial that Republicans keep doing that is a major turnoff to the black community, and that’s insulting Kamala Harris. You don’t take someone so meaningful to that community and say she’s a diversity hire.”

This prompted co-host Jesse Watters to ask, “Can I speak for the black community for a second?”

“No!” Tarlov immediately responded, after which Watters claimed that he is one percent Black.

Watters continued, “We have Johnny go out and speak to the black community two times a week, and they do not support Kamala Harris,” referring to a Fox News correspondent who reports for his prime-time show. “Speaking very broadly there.”

Tarlov then argued, “If you have one of the highest achieving Black women in the country who’s now made it to the vice presidency, and Republicans and people who talk about her on-air say she’s a diversity hire, she only got where she was going because she slept with Willie Brown.”

At that moment, the rest of the panel reacted strongly, with both Watters and co-host Greg Gutfeld exclaiming, “She did!? I didn’t know that!” Watters asked loudly, “She slept with Willie Brown!?”

“Is that not true?” Tarlov questioned, which led Watters to ask, “I didn’t know that. Is that how she got ahead in politics?”

A visibly frustrated Tarlov then asserted, “No, of course not!”

Gutfeld closed the segment by saying, “I love it when people accuse us of spreading rumors by actually citing rumors.”

Since Harris assumed the vice presidency, her past relationship with her former boyfriend and political mentor has drawn attention for various reasons.

When Kamala Harris was a young prosecutor, an older boyfriend reportedly treated her to trips to Paris and the Oscars, as well as gifted her a BMW, which some believe played a role in her swift ascent in California politics.

The current vice president is well-known for having dated Democratic Party powerbroker Willie Brown in 1994 when he was the speaker of the California Assembly and she was 29, as reported by the New York Post.

“Over the course of the relationship, Brown gave Harris a BMW, she traveled with him to Paris, attended the Academy Awards,” and he even brought her on a business trip to Boston, where he was meeting Donald Trump, according to the 2021 book “Kamala’s Way: An American Life” by journalist Dean Morain.

The Los Angeles Times referred to Harris as Brown’s “frequent companion,” while the Chronicle described her as “the speaker’s new steady.” Their relationship was widely known in San Francisco.

As his term as speaker was nearing its end, Brown appointed Harris, who was then working for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, to the California Medical Assistance Commission.

The position came with a $72,000 annual salary and required Harris to attend monthly meetings.

“Brown, 90, has also taken credit for helping in Harris’ meteoric political rise. Last week, he joined the chorus of prominent Democratic Party members who have already endorsed her for president before next month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago,” the NY Post reported.

“Yes, we dated,” wrote Brown, who also served two terms as mayor of San Francisco, in a 2019 opinion piece. “Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker. And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco.”