Updated 19.25 July 7

OH, FOX NEWS. What have you done this time?

Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy ruptured an ankle ligament while playing soccer on Saturday.

Look at him there. Poor thing.

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Fox News covered the incident, and one of the off-camera presenters had a very interesting reason for not being able to stand him.

He’s a leprechaun, I can’t stand him.

Observe.

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Poor Rory. Insult to ruptured ligament.

Leprechaun comment culprit Kennedy Montgomery addressed her comments on Outnumbered on Fox this evening (July 7) and had this to say:

Yesterday at this time I used the word leprechaun to describe golfer Rory McIlroy. I love sports, I love golf, but I am not a fan of Rory’s. Mostly for the way he treated tennis great Caroline Wozniacki and discarded her like a piece of chewed gum when he broke her heart and broke off their engagement in a short phone conversation. That’s worse than breaking up on a Post-it.

She went on to say that she takes full responsibility, but she wanted to say worse.

Now to be clear, neither Harris nor Jenna Lee used the term and I don’t want them to get the credit for it. I called Rory McIlroy a leprechaun and believe me I wanted to call him much worse.  As you know, some of my best friends are leprechauns and they also have tremendous senses of humor. Thank you.

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