Fox News anchor blasted for suggesting Robin Williams' suicide was due to COWARDICE

Fox news anchor was blasted by fans after saying that Robin Williams was a “such a coward” to end his life.

16:54 13 August 2014

Fox news anchor Shep Smith pondered whether cowardice was the reason why comedian Robin Williams decided to commit suicide on national television in a move that instantly drew scorn from the late actor's fans.

 

He said: "One of the children he so loved, one of the children grieving tonight because their father killed himself in a fit of depression.

 

"You could love three little things so much, watch them grow, they’re in their mid-20s, and they’re inspiring you, and exciting you, and they fill you up with the kind of joy you could never have known.

 

"And yet, something inside you is so horrible or you’re such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it. Robin Williams, at 63, did that today."

 

He later apologised for what he said on air. 

 

‘I would never presume to know anything about his private life. And if any of his family members and friends were to have seen me use the word “coward,” I would be horrified. 

 

'I would just like to apologize to the end of the earth to anyone who might think that I meant to openly call him a coward,’ he told Mediaite.

 

‘To the core of my being, I regret it. It just came out of my mouth. And I’m so sorry. And to anyone and their families who see that, I am sorry.’