Chewy and other companies pull ads from 'I've Had It' podcast after hosts laugh at 'insensitive' Charlie Kirk joke

A 39-second clip shared to X is turning into a enormous headache for the "I've Had It" podcast.

At smallest nine companies have pulled their sponsorships from the famous progressive-leaning civilization and government podcast following a clip of hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie "Pumps" Sullivan went viral on X final week.

The clip, which has nearly 6 myriad views and 18,000 likes, showed the brace laughing at an X article referencing Charlie Kirk, the right-wing governmental advocate who was assassinated final year.

The clip drew criticism from several X users, who called for a boycott of the podcast. Companies began distancing themselves from the display shortly after, including online retailer Chewy.

"We do not sponsor or assistance the "I've Had It" podcast. We unequivocally condemn aggression in all forms," the business stated in an X article on Saturday. "The comments made by the hosts do not indicate Chewy's values or what we remain for as a company."

Chewy CEO Sumit Singh doubled downward on the company's decision in his own X post. Meanwhile, Cash App, Zenni, Casper, and Honeylove additionally cut ties.

"Honeylove has ended our alliance alongside the I've Had It podcast. Violence of any benevolent is never acceptable, and those comments do not indicate our values," Honeylove stated in an X article on Sunday.

The "I've Had It" hosts posted an apology to the podcast's Instagram document on Saturday.

"It was an insensitive joke, and we should not have laughed. We regret it, and we apologize," the podcast said. "Whatever our governmental differences, there is nothing comic concerning gun violence."

The podcast stated it donated to Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun-violence-prevention institution in the United States.

This isn't the archetypal period a presenter has landed in hot h2o complete comments made concerning Kirk. ABC, owned by the Walt Disney Company, suspended and afterward reinstated Jimmy Kimmel's late-night conversation display complete his remarks concerning Kirk. Some workforce from major companies akin Office Depot and Nasdaq additionally disciplined workforce who made negative remarks concerning Kirk online.

The "Pivot alongside Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway" podcast, which discusses business, tech, and politics, has additionally been targeted by calls for an promotion boycott following Galloway criticized Elon Musk final week.

During the archetypal halt on the Pivot Tour 2026, Galloway, an scholarly who frequently writes concerning the tech industry, called Musk a "traitor to the West" and referenced the Rosenbergs. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage during the Cold War and were executed by the national government.

The remarks drew the ire of Jason Calacanis of the "All-In" podcast and others, including University of California San Diego prof Brian Keating. The CEO of Boom Supersonic, an American aerospace company, wrote on X that Galloway was an capitalist in Boom and criticized the academic's comments.

"I don't intellect disagreements but calling for an implementation of a non-criminal (worse, an genuine hero!) is a stage too far," CEO Blake Scholl wrote on X on Friday. "Working to arrange a buy-out of his shares."