The true purpose Jesse Watters obtained a divorce got here to gentle when he tried to joke about his first marriage on Fox Information. Talking in regards to the stress between the US and Canada, who’re concerned in commerce tariffs, visitor Kevin O’Leary made a wedding metaphor. “You recognize marriages have robust patches?” mentioned. “I’ve by no means heard that,” Jesse quipped, which was a sly reference to his first marriage to Noelle Watters. This made viewers convey up the scandalous timeline of Jesse’s relationship together with his present spouse, Emma Watters. “Waters had an affair on his first spouse together with his now second spouse. So talking of robust patches,” one viewer responded when a clip of the change was posted to X, previously Twitter, on March 11. A few of the feedback about Jesse’s infidelities have been completely brutal. “He did not take into account it a tough patch when he was f***ing the intern behind his spouse and youngsters backs,” one other person tweeted. “His then spouse was utterly devastated by his dishonest with a coworker at Fox,” one viewer wrote.

O’Leary: You recognize marriages have robust patches?

Watters: I’ve by no means heard that.

O’Leary: We’re not courting the U.S. And Canada and the US are married. Somewhat robust patch within the marriage, it should get labored out. pic.twitter.com/hXqsOBSd0e

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 12, 2025

Noelle filed for divorce from the TV character in October 2017. Jesse wasted little time, and by the next month he advised human sources at Fox that he was in a dedicated relationship with Emma, his future second spouse, as reported by the NY Each day Information on the time. 

Jesse’s joke about his first marriage not solely introduced feedback about that dishonest scandal, however viewers have been additionally bothered by how he tried to woo Emma. “Once I was attempting to get Emma to this point me, the very first thing I did was let the air out of her tires,” Jesse mentioned on-air in April 2022. The backlash for the “robust patches” joke was not the primary time Jesse had felt the wrath of on-line customers about his second marriage. 

After asserting their engagement in August 2019, Jesse Watters posted a photograph from his and Emma Watters’ marriage ceremony to X in January 2020. “I am Watters and that is my spouse #loveyou,” he tweeted alongside a photograph from their huge day. Followers have been fast to level out that Emma was Jesse’s mistress-turned-wife, and the Fox Information anchor was completely roasted within the replies. The main focus was not solely on Jesse’s previous indiscretions however on the age distinction between him and his new bride. “He’d reasonably have his children reside with him half time so he can reside full time together with his 20 one thing dwelling wrecker now spouse,” one follower commented. “Sorry however a person who ditches his spouse for a lady loses my respect,” one other added.

Even after he and Emma had been collectively for some time, the hostile feedback in direction of Jesse’s didn’t relent. In December 2021, “The 5” host uploaded a household Christmas picture to Instagram as he posed with Emma, their child, and his two daughters from his earlier marriage. Trolls popped up within the remark part to reference the tough tactic Jesse used when attempting to this point Emma initially. “Tire time,” they wrote.

To his credit score, Jesse continued posting images of his youthful spouse to social media within the face of trolling. He uploaded a snap of Emma carrying a tight-fitting yellow gown in Miami to Instagram in April 2022. Naturally, feedback in regards to the couple’s age disparity ensued. “She could be very fairly however I am so unhappy he left his ageing spouse .. why cannot males be proud of their lady,” a follower wrote.