On Monday morning, a startling new video of Ray Rice, running back for the Baltimore Ravens, knocking his wife unconscious in an elevator was leaked. A few hours later, the Ravens terminated his contract, and the NFL suspended him indefinitely.
In the space of time between those events, Fox and Friends, a television show featuring inoffensive furniture and hosts who often say dumb things, decided it was a good idea to crack jokes about the stomach-churning video.
"I think the message is, take the stairs" host Brian Kilmeade said out loud, joking about the footage that shows Rice punching his now wife out cold, and dragging her unconscious body out of the room.
Kilmeade wasn't the only one cracking jokes.
"The message is, when you're in an elevator, there's a camera," co-host Steve Doocey chimed in, somehow making an already tone-deaf conversation even worse.
Further reading:
- Ray Rice cut by Ravens and suspended by NFL after video of him punching his wife leaked
- What new Ray Rice video proves: the people who have the footage have the power
- A complete timeline of the Ray Rice assault case
