Fox News issued a rare apology after Shark Tank star and MAGA figure Kevin O'Leary made claims that were untrue.
The roughly 45-second apology has aired across four Fox News and Fox Business programs over the past four days, and relates to O'Leary's appearance on the network in May, during which he discussed his plan to build a data center in Utah and claimed that groups opposing it were funded by the Chinese Communist Party.
"Kevin O'Leary appeared as a guest on the show on May 24 and discussed the ongoing controversy surrounding his planned data center project in Utah," Big Weekend Show host Johnny Joey Jones said, reading the apology on Saturday.
"He made certain claims relating to the opponents of his project," Jones added, saying that O'Leary has "now corrected the record."
The Canadian businessman disclosed plans to build a data center campus in Utah in February. The initial proposal suggested the development could span up to 40,000 acres, but it quickly faced backlash from residents and organizations, including the Alliance for a Better Utah, which opposed the project.
O'Leary appeared on several news networks and claimed the organization was funded by Chinese dark-money interests, later acknowledging in a statement on Thursday that the remarks were not true.
In the statement posted to X, O'Leary said he had "no evidence that Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies, Gabrielle Finlayson, Taylor Knuth, or Josh Kanter are funded by China or the Chinese Communist...
Fox News issued a rare apology after Shark Tank star and MAGA figure Kevin O'Leary made claims that were untrue. The roughly 45-second apology has aired across four Fox News and Fox Business progra...