Are there credible transcripts or video clips of laura ingraham asking musk about health or incontinence?

Checked on December 12, 2025
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Executive summary

There are no reliable transcripts or verified video clips in the provided reporting showing Laura Ingraham asking Elon Musk directly about “health or incontinence.” Reporting in the supplied set discusses allegations that Musk told people his heavy ketamine use caused bladder problems and incontinence (see multiple outlets summarizing a New York Times-based story) but none of the search results contain or point to a clip or transcript of Ingraham asking Musk about those issues [1] [2] [3].

1. What the available reporting actually says about Musk’s bladder or incontinence

Multiple stories in the supplied results summarize reporting that Elon Musk told associates his ketamine use was affecting his bladder and causing urinary symptoms; outlets that repeat or analyze that claim include Rolling Stone, Futurism and other summaries of the New York Times reporting [1] [2] [3]. Those pieces link the alleged urinary problems to near-daily ketamine use and cite medical literature on “ketamine bladder syndrome,” but they do not show a contemporaneous on‑air exchange in which a broadcaster — Laura Ingraham or anyone else — asked Musk about incontinence on camera [2] [1].

2. No cited Ingraham–Musk clip or transcript appears in the supplied set

The search results provided include background links to The Ingraham Angle program pages and specific Fox News clips about politics and Musk, but none of the returned items contain a clip or transcript of Ingraham questioning Musk about his health or bladder function [4] [5] [6]. The DailyKos write-ups and other items in the list mention viral misinformation and Ingraham’s on‑air commentary but do not document an interview in which she asks Musk about incontinence [7] [8].

3. Where the notion of an Ingraham question appears to come from — secondhand reporting and viral claims

The linkage between Musk’s alleged bladder problems and public interviews often flows from the New York Times reporting summarized by many outlets; subsequent headlines and social posts sometimes compress that reporting into claims that Musk “couldn’t stop peeing” or similar phrasing [9] [3]. That compression can create the impression that on‑air interviewers asked Musk about incontinence when, in the material provided here, that impression is not supported by a primary video or transcript [10] [1].

4. Competing perspectives in the supplied coverage

The supplied sources present competing frames: several outlets relay the Times’ reporting about heavy ketamine use and bladder problems as factual summaries [1] [2], while other pieces treat the claims with skepticism or focus on the sensational language used in social media and tabloids [11] [9]. The Fox News links in the search set show Ingraham discussing Musk and politics but not his personal medical issues [4] [6].

5. Limitations of this review and what’s not shown in the sources

Available sources do not mention any verified transcript or video clip of Laura Ingraham asking Musk specifically about “health or incontinence.” The dataset includes Ingraham show pages and clips about Musk’s politics, and multiple outlets repeating the ketamine/bladder reporting, but none include the direct on‑air exchange you asked about [4] [5] [1]. I cannot confirm a clip exists beyond these supplied results.

6. How to verify further if you need to pursue the clip

To verify the claim beyond the provided set, check primary sources: full episode archives or clip libraries for The Ingraham Angle or other shows where Ingraham appeared (Fox’s video pages) and the original New York Times reporting that many outlets summarized [4] [5] [10]. If a specific clip circulates on social platforms, compare it against the official Fox News archive and the Times story to establish provenance; none of the supplied links currently supply that provenance [4] [10].

Summary: supplied reporting documents allegations that Musk’s ketamine use caused bladder problems and that outlets repeated that claim, but the materials you provided do not include or cite a direct, credible transcript or video of Laura Ingraham asking Musk about health or incontinence [1] [2] [4].

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