Follow-up: At Least Nine Sponsors Have Now Cut Ties With 'I've Had It': Honeylove Ends Its Partnership on Sunday as Hosts Say Turning Point USA Is Spearheading the Boycott
The fallout over I've Had It hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan laughing at a post joking about Charlie Kirk's assassination widened on Sunday, November 8. According to Business Insider, the 39-second clip circulating on X has drawn nearly 6 million views and about 18,000 likes, and at least nine companies have now pulled their sponsorships or advertising from the podcast. Lingerie and loungewear brand Honeylove announced on X on Sunday that it had ended its partnership with the show. In a video posted the same day to the podcast's Instagram account, the two hosts said Turning Point USA, the organization Kirk founded, is spearheading an online campaign to cancel the podcast.
Honeylove wrote on X: "Honeylove has ended our partnership with the I've Had It podcast. Violence of any kind is never acceptable, and those comments do not reflect our values." According to Business Insider, mattress brand Casper is also among the companies that have cut ties, and Sumit Singh, the chief executive of pet retailer Chewy, doubled down in a post on his own X account, saying the hosts' comments did not reflect Chewy's values. Cash App had already announced on November 6 that it was no longer a sponsor; Chewy, eyewear brand Zenni, luggage maker NOBL Travel and bedding company Boll & Branch had also said they would no longer sponsor, support or advertise with the show, and blanket brand Lola Blankets has also been reported by multiple outlets to have said it no longer works with the podcast.
The controversy began with the episode released on Thursday, November 5, in which Welch, reading listener posts celebrating the Democrats' midterm results, read out a post that said, "We're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again," and both hosts laughed. That portion has since been edited out of the episode, but the clip continued to circulate on X. On Saturday, November 7, the hosts apologized in a statement on Instagram, calling it an insensitive joke they should not have laughed at, and said they had donated to Everytown for Gun Safety.
Turning Point USA has not been seen to respond publicly to the hosts' Sunday video. According to TSPAN, Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet previously shared screenshots of statements from additional companies, among them apparel brand Ethos, which said it had ended its advertising relationship with the show, and outdoor apparel brand PAKA, which said it does not condone violence of any kind. The hosts' claim that Turning Point USA is behind the boycott is, for now, the hosts' own characterization.
Charlie Kirk founded Turning Point USA and was shot and killed on September 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University. He was 31, and the case against the man charged with his murder is still pending. Kirk's name surfaced in a separate controversy this week as well, when a circulated clip of comedian Dave Chappelle's New York set drew a statement from Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, which GSM has reported separately.
Source: Business Insider
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