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Knowles insisted that Thunberg does have ‘many mental illnesses’ including depression and obsessive compulsive disorder.
A girl who hit the headlines yesterday for delivering an emotional speech to the United Nations had her sanity questioned by a right-wing pundit on a global TV channel. Michael Knowels, 29, who hosts a podcast for the Daily Wire, called Greta Thunberg, 16, a ‘mentally ill Swedish child’ during a discussion on Fox News show The Story.
He was urged to apologise live on TV, but Knowles refused to back down when challenged by Democrat Party activist Chris Hann. Knowles insisted Greta does have ‘many mental illnesses’ including depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. Fox News have since apologised for the ‘disgraceful’ comments and say they have no plans to invite him back.supports HTML5 videoDebating on the UN Climate Action Summit of more than 60 world leaders, Knowels, told Fox News: ‘The climate hysteria movement is not about science.‘It if were about science it would be led by scientists, rather than politicians and a mentally ill Swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international left’.Just as Knowles pipes up, Hann hits back, saying: ‘Relax skinny boy, I got this. You’re attacking a child, you’re a grown man, have some couth when you’re on television. The podcast host said the activist was being ‘exploited by her parents and by the international left’ ‘You’re on national television. Be a grown-up when you’re talking about children. ‘She’s trying to save the planet because your president doesn’t believe in climate change and kids need to take to the streets to worry about their future. ‘You are despicable for talking about her like that and you should apologise on national television, right now.’ Fox News apologised for the comments and said they have ‘no plans’ to invite Knowles to any shows in the future.A spokesperson said: ‘The comment made by Michael Knowles who was a guest on ‘The Story’ tonight was disgraceful.At the UN Climate Action Summit,Greta blasted delegates for
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