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Cash App has ended its sponsorship of the left-leaning podcast "I've Had It" after hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie "Pumps" Sullivan laughed on air at a listener's joke about digging up Charlie Kirk's body and doing it again.
The moment came during the podcast's November 5 episode, titled "Drinking MAGA Tears," in which the hosts read social media posts celebrating the Democrats' midterm election wins and mocking conservative positions. Welch read one post aloud — "We're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again" — and both hosts lowered their heads and laughed for more than 20 seconds before Welch said, "No comment." A clip of the moment circulated widely on X, drawing millions of views.
After an X user tagged Cash App and asked, "Does Cashapp support the mocking of a murder victim?" while calling for a boycott, the company replied on November 6: "We do not condone violence of any kind, and we are no longer sponsors of this podcast." The reply has been viewed more than 9 million times.
Cash App was not the only sponsor to walk away. Chewy said it does not sponsor or support the podcast and "unequivocally condemn[s] violence in all forms," saying the hosts' comments do not reflect its values. Boll & Branch and Lola Blankets also said they no longer advertise with the show, and Business Insider reported that at least nine companies in all have withdrawn, including Casper, Honeylove and Zenni Optical.
Welch and Sullivan apologized on Saturday on the podcast's Instagram account: "On Thursday's show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk. It was an insensitive joke, and we should not have laughed. We regret it, and we apologize." The segment has since been edited out of the episode, and the hosts announced a donation to Everytown for Gun Safety.
On Sunday, the hosts pushed back in an Instagram video, accusing Turning Point USA of leading a campaign to cancel the podcast, and Welch told critics to "f—k all the way off." Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, also spoke out on Sunday, rebuking Welch and comedian Dave Chappelle for laughing about her husband's murder.
Supporters of the podcast flooded the show's Instagram post on Saturday asking which sponsors had dropped it "so we can act accordingly," a sign the sponsor fight is now drawing fire from both sides.