Gretchen Carlson sounded off on Graham Platner’s statement suspending his Maine Senate bid, slamming it as a “disgusting display of hubris.”

During Wednesday’s broadcast for CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” the veteran journalist addressed the video update from Platner, in which he once again denied the newfound allegations of sexual assault, painted himself as a “regular person” and claimed the “political establishment got to act as judge, jury and executioner.”

“That was a disgusting display of hubris,” Carlson said in response. “That every woman and man in America should be incredibly upset about. Regular people do not abuse women. It’s always somebody else to blame. It’s typical cry of assaulters.”

She continued: “His own wife turned in text messages that he was having with other women. He posted on Reddit many years ago that he believed that women should be responsible for when bad things happen to them sexually. Not to mention, the Nazi tattoos and a myriad of other things.”

As Carlson went on, she accused Platner of “conflating … his candidacy of being popular with being an every kind of person with accusations of rape.”

“Those are two totally different things,” she added. “And a real man would stand up and take accountability for what has happened here. This movement has had immense progress over the last ten years and these women are believed. And I don’t know what this display was in this video, but I wouldn’t want the endorsement of Graham Platner whoever the Democrat is running in this race.”

Watch Carlson’s commentary below. A representative for Platner did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Carlson wasn’t the only notable figure to weigh in on Platner’s withdrawal from the Maine Senate race Wednesday. Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov took to X amid the update, writing, “Platner is out—good. It should’ve happened sooner. I want to underscore that Republicans don’t get to take a moral victory lap here. They’re still the party of Trump.”

David Axelrod, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, also had some choice words for Platner’s exit statement.

“In the end, Platner chose as his closing act a page right out of @realDonaldTrump’s tawdry playbook,” he wrote on X. “Deny. Deflect. Refuse responsibility. Play the martyr; slime your accusers. Platner built an admirable movement. But there was nothing admirable about the way he said goodbye.”

Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders’ political action organization Our Revolution instead chose to voice its support for Troy Jackson as Platner’s possible replacement.

“Graham Platner made the right decision to step aside,” Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese said in a statement. “Our Revolution rescinded our endorsement earlier this week, and we said clearly this is not the Democratic establishment’s opening to hand-pick a replacement. Maine’s progressives won the primary by a historic margin, on Medicare for All, on ending corporate money in politics, on ending forever wars. That result doesn’t disappear because one candidate is gone.”

He continued: “That is why we are rallying behind Troy Jackson. He is a logger, a union leader, and former President of the Maine State Senate. He led Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaigns in Maine twice. He and Platner ran side by side and endorsed each other. He has spent his life in the fight working people are asking for. He is not arriving to it because a seat opened up.”

Geevarghese then reminded Maine voters that they had “days, not weeks, to decide” on a best path forward.

Patrick Dempsey responded to growing calls for him to replace Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate race on Wednesday, saying he isn’t in a position to enter politics and serve his home state.

The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum, who was born and raised in Maine, issued a statement in the Portland Press Herald, where he made it clear he did not intend to step in as Platner’s replacement.

“Over the past several days, I’ve been asked a question more than once: Would you ever run for the United States Senate?” the actor, who runs The Dempsey Center in Maine, wrote. “It’s flattering, and I don’t take it lightly. I love my home state of Maine. I care deeply about the people who live there and, like so many Americans, I’m concerned about the direction our country is heading. I gave it real thought.”

As Dempsey went on, he wondered if he’d be able to “make a meaningful difference,” adding, “That question led me to another one I think matters even more. What kind of leadership are we really looking for?”

“The next two weeks will be a very important time for Maine. We will choose a new Senate candidate at a time when I believe most of us want meaningful change in Washington, D.C. We should choose a candidate who offers a new approach to how we govern ourselves,” he continued. “I want someone who leads with empathy. Someone who listens before speaking, who has the courage to work with people they disagree with and who understands that public office isn’t about power. It’s about service. Most of all, I want integrity. That may sound idealistic today, but it shouldn’t.”

While Dempsey acknowledged his deep roots in Maine and the work he’s been able to do with the public through his cancer treatment center, he admitted that a run for office was not the right fit for him.

“As I reflected on all of this, I kept coming back to one question: Do I truly want to serve in Congress? After a lot of thought, I realized the answer is no,” he said. “Not because public service isn’t honorable — it absolutely is. But because I believe I can contribute more effectively through the life I’ve already built.”

Though, Dempsey decided not to run, he had a message for whomever may step in to fill Platner’s spot.

“Lead with humility. Tell the truth. Put people before party,” he wrote. “Remember that public office is a privilege not a career path and that leadership isn’t measured by how loudly you speak or how often you’re on television. It’s measured by whether people’s lives are better because you served.”

He concluded: “That’s the kind of leadership Maine deserves. It’s the kind of leadership America deserves, too.”

Dempsey’s decision came as calls mounted for Platner to withdraw from the race following newfound rape allegations against the Democratic nominee – whose campaign was already plagued with several other scandals, including allegations of extramarital sexting, a Nazi tattoo, physical misconduct and offensive remarks.

Everyone from the Maine Democratic Party to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the “Pod Save America” hosts have demanded Platner end his Senate bid before the July 13 deadline. While Platner has said that he is “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward,” he’s yet to formally exit the race. He did, however, deny accuser Jenny Racicot’s sexual assault claims as “troubling, serious and false.”

As the dust settles on his messy legal battle with Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni has spoken out.

On Wednesday, the It Ends with Us director and star shared a video in which he and wife Emily Baldoni opened up about “the injustice and the pain” they said they’ve endured during the contentious two-year battle with his co-star from their 2024 Colleen Hoover adaptation.

“We have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years, and it’s not because we haven’t had anything to say, because Lord knows we have,” Justin prefaced in the Instagram video. “But it just felt like every time we went to make a video like this, we wanted to speak, something was telling us not to. It just didn’t feel like the right time.”

Although Justin noted that “gratitude has saved us,” Emily said, “We’ve had to wrestle with so many things and try to understand so many things, like, how could something like this even happen? Let alone disguised as a fight for women. So much to unpack. And the truth is, reality is that there’s been a lot of trauma for us to move through as a family, which also makes it hard to speak.”

Justin added, “There have been so many painful things that have been spoken into existence over the last couple years, and that created so much noise, and we didn’t want to add to the noise. We just wanted to let the justice system run its course.”

The couple credited their faith and fans for keeping them strong amid the lawsuit, which ended when a federal judge ruled last month that Justin and his Wayfarer Studios have to pay Blake Lively’s legal fees for the court battle in which Lively accused him of harassment and retaliation, to the tune of $8,035,040.88 to be specific.

“We are healing. And if you’ve ever been through something traumatic, you know that healing isn’t linear. It looks different every day,” said Justin. “And we have had to rethink for ourselves what is real and what matters. And it’s this. It’s the kids. It’s our family. It’s our friends. It’s our community who’ve been there for us. It’s our faith. I think we’re closer and more devoted and steadfast in our faith than we’ve ever been.

“Also, this has been on both of our hearts. There were so many of you who, when we didn’t have a voice, were our voice. You had a prayer at the very beginning, which was that you just pray that people would have discernment. And so many of you had discernment and you used your intuition and you trusted that. And you have given your time to fight for us. And thank you does not feel like enough, but we’re here in large part because of so many of you and all of our friends and family. And one thing that we’ve learned is that when God presses the reset button and everything else is stripped away, that that’s when love shows up. And we feel so loved,” he added.

While Emily said “there is so much more to say,” she continued, “That time will come, but for now, we are going to focus on continuing the healing and hanging out with our kiddos and enjoying life.”

Baldoni’s side has until July 13 to either agree to the more than $8 million or put up a fight. Reps for the Wayfarer Studios co-founder did not respond this morning to Deadline’s request for comment on Lively’s math and her filings.