In a bizarre twist that left viewers scratching their heads, Fox News’ Jesse Watters, always known for his flair for sensationalism, expressed his profound disappointment that his colleague Bill Hemmer failed to ask astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams the most pressing question of their space ordeal: “Did you hook up in space?”

The astronauts had been stranded on the ISS for 286 days, a mission gone awry due to Boeing’s Starliner failure. After their eventual rescue by SpaceX in March 2025, the world was watching, captivated by their scientific achievements and heroic teamwork. But Watters, ever the tabloid enthusiast, couldn’t help but zero in on the one thing that had nothing to do with the mission: the potential for a cosmic romance.

In his typically dramatic fashion, Watters, a self-styled “space sleuth,” lamented that Hemmer had failed to ask the astronauts the burning question, suggesting that this missed opportunity could have provided a scoop for the ages. “Did they fall in love in zero gravity? Did the stars align for them in more ways than one?” Watters mused, turning a story about heroism into the plot of a bad reality show.

While the astronauts focused on their vital work—fixing the ISS, conducting experiments, and surviving the physical and mental toll of space—Watters was more interested in creating his own narrative, based on absolutely nothing but his overactive imagination. The backlash was swift, with critics on social media branding Watters’ comments as creepy and inappropriate. But, undeterred by the mockery, Watters doubled down, as is his style, continuing to spin his own space romance saga for the masses.

Of course, the awkward reality was that both Wilmore and Williams are married, making Watters’ musings even more cringe-worthy. Still, he pressed on, convinced that “America needed to know” about the “potential love story” between the astronauts.

As the dust settles on Watters’ latest foray into sensationalism, one thing is clear: while NASA and SpaceX pushed humanity toward the stars, Jesse Watters was busy creating a media circus that no one asked for, all in the name of “space gossip.”