Video shows Gretchen Carlson being objectified regularly on 'Fox & Friends'

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July 7, 2016 at 3:38PM
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Gretchen Carlson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gretchen Carlson recently sued her Fox News boss Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, though we have no idea why. Or maybe we do.

Bloomberg Politics created a supercut of Carlson being objectified on-air by her "Fox & Friends" co-hosts — and even the occasional guest. To be fair, the vast majority of the comments seemed in pure jest — and at the very least, the lone female usually put on a happy face about the banter, if not went along for the ride. Of course, we now know at least some of that was purely for the live cameras.

So what were the actual offenses? On the tamer side, Carlson's dresses were regularly praised by colleagues, and words like "cute" and "hot" were tossed around to describe her physically.

At one point, Steve Doocy asks Carlson if she learned a certain journalism skill at another "Broad-casting" gig. The pun game is strong with that one; Doocy was also named in the lawsuit, by the way.

Not to be outdone, Brian Kilmeade calls Carlson a "skirt" from the other side of the couch, and admits he should probably re-read Human Resource's sexual harassment policies. Probably.

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