CreatorScoreShort answer: Cash App, Chewy and other sponsors left the I’ve Had It podcast after hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan laughed at a listener’s joke about digging up Charlie Kirk on the November 5, 2026 episode. The hosts apologized two days later. We scored the show’s public channels and read only what it posted in the year before that episode. The warning signs were there: a rising pattern of personal attacks on named people and their families, including, five weeks earlier, a song attacking Erika Kirk by name.
Key takeaways
- It wasn’t one joke. We found 59 conduct findings on the show’s posts in the 12 months before the episode. There were 0 to 2 a month over the winter, then 12 in each of June, July and October.
- The targets got more personal. The posts moved from insulting politicians to insulting named spouses and families. On September 28 the show posted a song calling Erika Kirk “stupid as f***”.
- Opinion was never the signal. We left out every politics-only finding. What a sponsor needed to see was conduct: insults, sexual remarks about named people, and talk of violence.
- All of it was public. Every post here was on the show’s own Instagram, TikTok and Facebook before November 5. Any sponsor could have found it. Almost none read a year of a podcast’s clips.
What happened
On the episode released Thursday, November 5, 2026, Welch read a listener joke about digging up Charlie Kirk and “doing it again”, and both hosts laughed. Clips spread on X the next day. Cash App wrote that it does “not condone violence of any kind” and was no longer a sponsor. Chewy said it does not sponsor or support the show. Other advertisers, including Boll & Branch and Lola Blankets, were reported to have left too.
How it ended: on Saturday, November 7, the hosts posted an apology on the show’s Instagram. They said they should not have laughed at an insensitive joke, that there is nothing funny about gun violence, and that they would donate to Everytown for Gun Safety. The joke was edited out of the episode. TheWrap reported that some advertisers were still running ads on the show’s YouTube channel.
What we did
We scored the show the way we score any creator. That meant every public account it runs (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky), the captions, the text on screen and, where we could get it, what was said out loud. Then we threw away everything posted on or after November 5. What’s left is what a brand could have seen on November 4.
Every quote below was matched word for word against the transcript we stored for that post. Our transcripts don’t say who is speaking, and the show mixes two hosts, guests and reposted clips. So we describe what the show’s channels posted, not who said each line.
What the show posted in the year before
Conduct findings by the month the post went up. The show posted 140 to 250 times a month all year, so the rise isn’t just more posting.
| Posted in | Conduct findings |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 | 0 to 2 a month |
| May 2026 | 4 |
| June 2026 | 12 |
| July 2026 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 12 |
| November 1 to 4, 2026 | 8 |
These are the findings a sponsor would have read first. Each one links to the public post.
| Date | What the show posted | Why we flagged it |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | A clip saying “I am going to live stream blowing up the ballroom… and anything that has Trump’s name on it”, captioned “These people are TRAITORS and need to be treated as such.” (post) | Talk of violence. Our system noted it was unclear whether it was meant literally. |
| Sep 28, 2026 | “A ballad for Erika”, a song credited to a guest comedian: “You’re stupid as f***, and being a jerk, Erica Kirk. Can you go away”, with lines about swastikas. (post) | Harassment of a named person, weeks after her husband’s death. |
| Jul 22, 2026 | A segment calling MAGA men “neutered low T pieces of s***”, then sexual remarks about Ben Shapiro’s wife. (post) | Sexual remarks about a named person’s spouse. |
| Jul 11, 2026 | Captioned “Not a single person with a functioning brain likes Riley Gaines,” with a trans actor described as “sold a lie that cutting off her body parts would make her something she will never become.” (post) | Harassment of a named person and demeaning language about trans people. |
| Jun 26, 2026 | “JD Vance is this country’s top prostitute. He is a two bit dirty skanky hoe.” (post) | Personal insult of a named person. |
| Jun 9, 2026 | “I called Stephen a Nazi Jew. Where’s the lie?” (post) | An insult tied to religion. |
| May 28, 2026 | Katie Miller called a “stupid c***”, and sexual remarks about Stephen Miller. (post) | Insults and sexual remarks about named people. |
What we did not count
- Political opinion. 36 findings were about politics alone: criticism of Trump, Republicans and policy. A brand may care about that, but it isn’t a conduct risk and it doesn’t move our score.
- Satire we could read as satire. A June clip saying “these people are animals” turns a Trump phrase back on his supporters. We left it out.
- Anything we couldn’t check. Two findings from November 3 and 4 had quotes we couldn’t match to a stored transcript, so they aren’t here.
What this means for brands
Sponsors usually learn about a creator’s pattern on the day it trends. Reading the whole history first, and watching it while the deal runs, turns that into a decision made in advance.
See how we read a creator’s full history in a Social Background Check, how monitoring keeps watching after you sign, or read what influencer vetting covers.
Sources
- TheWrap, “‘I’ve Had It’ Podcasters Apologize for ‘Insensitive’ Charlie Kirk Joke as Advertisers Cut Ties”, November 7, 2026.
- VINnews, “Sponsors Drop Jennifer Welch’s Podcast After Hosts Laugh at Charlie Kirk Joke”, November 8, 2026.
- CreatorScore data: the show’s six public channels, scored November 7, 2026. Findings on posts dated November 5, 2025 to November 4, 2026 only. Each quote was matched to the stored transcript of the linked post.
Questions this guide answers
Why did Cash App drop the I've Had It podcast?
On the November 5, 2026 episode, hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan laughed at a listener's joke about digging up Charlie Kirk. Cash App said it does not condone violence of any kind and was no longer a sponsor. Chewy and other advertisers also left. The hosts apologized on November 7 and the joke was edited out of the episode.
Were there warning signs before sponsors left the I've Had It podcast?
Yes. Reading only posts dated before November 5, 2026, CreatorScore found 59 conduct findings on the show's public channels in the prior 12 months, rising from 0 to 2 a month over the winter to 12 in each of June, July and October. They were mostly insults and sexual remarks about named people and their families, including a September 28 song attacking Erika Kirk by name. Politics-only content was not counted.
Did Jennifer Welch apologize?
Yes. On November 7, 2026 the hosts posted an apology on the show's Instagram saying they should not have laughed at an insensitive joke and that there is nothing funny about gun violence, and announced a donation to Everytown for Gun Safety.
How can a brand check a podcast or creator before sponsoring them?
Read the whole posting history on every channel the show runs, including what is said out loud in clips, not just captions or the last few episodes. Separate conduct (insults, harassment, talk of violence) from opinion, keep the evidence for each finding, and keep monitoring after the deal is signed.