Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

Introduction

Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, the hosts of the “I’ve Had It” podcast, issued a public apology on Saturday, November 8, 2026, after a clip of the two laughing at a social-media joke about digging up the body of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk circulated online and advertisers began abandoning the show. The exchange aired during the podcast’s Thursday, November 5 episode, as Welch read aloud listeners’ posts celebrating the Democrats’ wins in the 2026 midterm elections. The apology followed sponsor exits by Chewy and Cash App — among others — and a wider boycott campaign pressed by Kirk’s supporters.

Background Information

“I’ve Had It” is a popular left-wing podcast hosted by Welch and Sullivan. On the Thursday episode, Welch read social-media posts from listeners mocking conservative positions on abortion, vaccines and LGBTQ+ policies in the wake of the midterm results, praising the authors as “patriots” and saying “these people make me patriotic.” Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, had been assassinated in September 2025, fatally shot while speaking at a college event in Utah County, Utah.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Advertiser exodus over a broadcast laugh; apology issued. The conduct documented here is a recorded podcast segment, not a crime: the hosts laughed at a listener joke about exhuming Kirk’s body, sponsors publicly cut ties, and the pair issued a written apology. No legal claim is involved against either host.

Reading listener submissions on the Thursday episode, Welch came to a post that said, “We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.” The two hosts broke into an elongated round of laughter before Welch managed, “No comment.” Sullivan then added, “No comment — other than he was shot by somebody that was super MAGA family,” and Welch agreed: “He was shot by a MAGA person,” adding, “White person, White MAGA family.” That assertion was made without evidence: Fox News Digital previously reported, citing Utah voter-registration records, that Tyler Robinson — the man accused of killing Kirk — is unaffiliated with any political party and did not vote in the past two general elections.

The clip was reshared widely online, and the segment containing the joke was subsequently edited out of the episode, though the cut footage continued to circulate. The backlash reached the show’s advertisers within days. In response to the video of the cut clip, Cash App announced on X: “We do not condone violence of any kind, and we are no longer sponsors of this podcast.” Chewy stated, “We do not sponsor or support the ‘I’ve Had It’ podcast. We unequivocally condemn violence in all forms. The comments made by the hosts do not reflect Chewy’s values or what we stand for as a company,” and the bedding company Boll & Branch said it would not “advertise with the I’ve Had It podcast and will not in the future.” TheWrap reported that the exits by Chewy, Cash App and several other brands had already taken place before the apology, while ads from brands including Monos and Ridge were still running on the show’s YouTube page amid calls for them to leave as well.

On Saturday, the hosts posted a joint apology to the podcast’s Instagram account: “On Thursday’s show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk. It was an insensitive joke, and we should not have laughed. We regret it, and we apologize. Whatever our political differences, there is nothing funny about gun violence. We’ve long supported common-sense gun safety reform. To that end, we’ve made a donation to Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in America. We’ll keep using our platforms to fight for the safety of all Americans.”

Public Reaction and Consequences

Conservative commentators led the condemnation. Activist Riley Gaines wrote on X, “In all of their hatred and blood thirst, these ghouls seriously consider themselves morally superior to you,” and influencer Collin Rugg posted, “They will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they’re the ‘good guys.’” Media Research Center President David Bozell told Fox News Digital, “If Madison Ave. would stop sponsoring gutter trash, gutter trash would go out of business.”

Criticism also came from the hosts’ own side of the aisle. Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff told Fox News Digital that it was “frustrating to watch Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan get treated like voices for the Democratic Party when so much of their own brand is railing against Democrats,” arguing the pair had “hijacked the attention Democrats actually earned at the ballot box.” Supporters of the podcast simultaneously flooded the apology post on Instagram, with one writing, “You actually do not need to apologize. Charlie wouldn’t have.”

Current Status

The apology stands, the Kirk segment has been edited out of the episode, and the announced sponsor exits — Cash App, Chewy and Boll & Branch among them — had not been reversed as of the weekend coverage. Welch and Sullivan did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment beyond the statement. No network or platform removal of the podcast has been reported, and no legal process is involved; the consequences to date are the sponsor losses, the edited episode and the public backlash.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The episode punctured the show’s advertising base within a single news cycle — the sponsors that left did so in response to a segment the hosts themselves cut from the episode afterward — and forced an apology from a program whose brand is refusing to apologize. The fallout also drew Democratic as well as Republican criticism, with Shroff’s complaint framing the pair as a liability to their own party in the aftermath of its midterm wins. Whether remaining and prospective sponsors follow Monos and Ridge out the door remains the open question for the show’s business.

Sources

• New York Post, “Podcasters Jennifer Welch, Angie Sullivan apologize after laughing at ‘insensitive’ Charlie Kirk joke,” November 8, 2026. source
• TheWrap, “‘I’ve Had It’ Podcasters Apologize for Charlie Kirk Joke as Advertisers Cut Ties,” November 8, 2026. source
• The Hollywood Reporter, “Jennifer Welch, Angie Sullivan Apologize for Charlie Kirk Joke,” November 7, 2026. source