ESPN’s Peter Burns Makes Joke About Benjamin Watson’s Wife On Live TV And Things Got Awkward Fast

Benjamin Watson didn’t seem to appreciate Peter Burns cracking jokes about his wife.

During halftime of the Vanderbilt-Florida game on the SEC Network the crew was talking about suits which led Burns to crack a joke about getting a text from Watson’s wife.

Watson: “As long as I get a text from my wife that says I look good, send me the text, baby.
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Burns: “That’s not the text she sent me”

Not sure if this just turned into a random bit, but Benjamin Watson looks legit upset that Peter Burns made a joke about his wife. pic.twitter.com/XxLvhgrnx5

— Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines)
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Watson appeared upset about the joke, and the two hosts were not seated when the halftime show returned from a commercial break.

Here’s how fans reacted to Burns’ joke.

Everyone doesn’t play those sexual in nature wife jokes. I know Ben personally. He definitely doesn’t play about the wife. Ben is very religious. He liked to lost all his religion in 5 sec. https://t.co/m23f7tUwVL

— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe)
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Peter Burns learned a valuable lesson about speaking on another man’s wife. The formula goes as followed: https://t.co/1vH0dH8Dj6 pic.twitter.com/aqWSY9tm8B

— Phoenix NoGravity ( 9-0 , 4-5 ) (@phoenixthaboss)
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