Harris Faulkner clarified the meaning of “Killjoy Reid” after “Outnumbered” cohosts cracked jokes about Joy’s “Jingle Bells” racism comments.
Joy shared a video on Instagram of a man wearing a Christmas sweater and Santa hat who stares at a plaque marking the site in Medford, Massachusetts where James Lord Pierpont wrote the song “Jingle Bells” in 1850.
The video caption reads “this is where a racist Confederate soldier wrote ‘Jingle Bells’ to make fun of black people, and has its origins in bigoted minstrel shows that were popular at the time.”
Reid claims Pierpont wrote the song for white actors who wore blackface to mock Black people who participated in winter activities.
She also said the line “laughing all the way” is a reference to a racist comedy routine of that era known as the “Laughing Darkie.”
While discussing Joy’s comments on Thursday’s episode of Fox News’ Outnumbered, co-host Lara Trump said, “If you didn’t know why Joy Reid doesn’t have a show out there ladies and gentlemen, here you go! It’s this kind of ridiculous take on things that got her taken right off the air.”
Co-host Charles Payne joked, “You mean Killjoy Reid.”
Lara said, “Killjoy Reid – we’re changing the name. It’s official.”
As the panel laughed at the “Killjoy Reid” wordplay, Harris Faulkner hastily commented that “Killjoy Reid” can be taken out of context.
“Well, I want to say something about that, though, because I know that people will watch this and edit and take it out of context,” she explained.
“The word ‘Killjoy’ has nothing to do with her – it’s just to take away somebody’s joy.”
As more jokes flew, Harris reiterated that they don’t want any harm to come to Joy Reid.
“I just want to make sure that if people clip this that they understand that we don’t mean anybody any harm,” Harris said. “She’s just sucking the fun out of things.”
“As they do, Harris,” Lara agreed. “And you know what? Should we just wish Joy Reid a very Merry Christmas?”
Charles Payne responded, “Jingle Bells all the way, baby!”
Watch the video below.
