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Fox News Host Bans Daughter From Pop Star's Shows

The Daily Beast reports the father issued the ban after a meltdown, with online observers already supporting the daughter's perspective on the conflict.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Daily Beast reports a Fox News host banned his daughter from a pop star's shows in what it calls a bizarre meltdown, and the internet has already picked the daughter's side.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA ban. On a teenager. Do you know how that ends? She goes anyway, in a wig, and the whole thing becomes a treaty negotiation.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA wig treaty. The pop star would send a statement.

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