Fox News host Brian Kilmeade attends the 79th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York on October 17, 2024. Ted Shaffrey/AP/File

After shocking many by saying mentally ill homeless people should be put to death, Fox News morning host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for what he called an “extremely callous remark.”

Kilmeade’s mea culpa came one day after his original comment — “just kill ‘em” — went viral across multiple social media sites.

The “Fox & Friends” segment aired Wednesday morning, but it didn’t seem to garner widespread attention until Saturday morning, when it was picked up by Fox News critics such as Aaron Rupar.

The clip, labeled “Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people,” had garnered more than 20 million views on X by Sunday afterno

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