text: By Adam S. Levy – Radar Staff Writer 
   
   Actor Ron Livingston, famous for his roles in HBO smash Sex and the City and the cult hit Office Space, issued a statement Wednesday defending his sister Jennifer, the La Crosse, Wisconsin news anchor whose emotional responseto a viewer’s insulting letter went viral. 
   
   “My sister Jennifer … brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years,” said the 45-year-old actor, who played the love interest of Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Jessica Parker in the aforementioned productions. 
   
   As we previously reported, the author of the e-mail, Kenneth Krause, told the WKBT-TV anchor that her “physical condition hasn’t improved for many years,” and that she shouldn’t consider herself “a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular.” 
   
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   In wake of the video of Livingston’s response going viral, Krause issued a statement to the TV station, and didn’t seem too apologetic despite the emotional nerve his initial words struck with Jennifer, a 37-year-old mother-of-three who said she felt bullied by his suggestion. 
   
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   “Given this country’s present epidemic of obesity and the many truly horrible diseases related thereto, and considering Jennifer Livingston’s fortuitous position in the community, I hope she will finally take advantage of a rare and golden opportunity to influence the health and psychological well-being of Coulee Region by transforming herself for all of her viewers to see over the next year, and, to that end, I would be absolutely pleased to offer Jennifer any advice or support she would be willing to accept.” 
   
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   Fox News Apologizes For Airing Man’s Horrifying Suicide On Live TV After Police Car Chase ||||| On Thursday, Starting Point host Soledad O’Brien took a look at the story of Wisconsin anchor Jennifer Livingston, the woman who became a viral hit for her response to a concern troll’s email about her weight. 
   
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   O’Brien asked Livingston whether she’d had to ask her bosses if she could, essentially, “take out” the email writer on air. Livingston explained that there had been some talk prior to her going on air with her speech, adding that her news director supported her decision, particularly after the positive response Livingston received after her husband, a fellow anchor, posted the email to his Facebook page. 
   
   While Livingston had chosen not to name the man who had written the email, O’Brien went ahead and called him out. 
   
   “Oh, let’s name him anyway, Jennifer,” she said. “Because yesterday I was thinking, ‘if I were Jennifer, I would go ahead and name him.’ And, so, his name is Kenneth Krause, and he actually is standing by his email. He’s gone on to say this in his statement — and I should mention first, you got a ton of support, as you mentioned, and tons of people Tweeting and supporting you, famous people. Your brother is a well-known actor, Ron Livingston, so a lot of the people he, including other actors as well, really came to your side. But here is what Kenneth Krause, the evil e-mailer, said in his statement.” 
   
   “I know, I know,” O’Brien added as Livingston began to laugh. “You’re refined and a lady and I’m not.” 
   
   She then read Krause’s response, wherein he expressed hope that Livingston “take advantage” of the opportunity here and “transform” herself in front of her viewers, even offering to give her tips and advice should she want it. 
   
   Have a look, via CNN:
target: – Jennifer Livingston, the Wisconsin news anchor who responded on-air to a viewer who criticized her weight, has a Hollywood actor in her corner: Her brother, Office Space and Sex and the City star Ron Livingston. Ron has issued a statement in support of his sister, Radar reports, noting that she "brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years." Later on Soledad O'Brien's show, Jennifer Livingston talked about her decision to air her response, Mediaite reports. Seems her husband, also a news anchor, first posted the critical email to his Facebook page and responders were supportive of Livingston, so her news director supported the idea of her going on air. But Kenneth Krause, who originally criticized Jennifer, isn't backing down and instead offered a follow-up statement to WKBT-TV. "Given this country’s present epidemic of obesity and the many truly horrible diseases related thereto, and considering Jennifer Livingston’s fortuitous position in the community, I hope she will finally take advantage of a rare and golden opportunity to influence the health and psychological well-being of Coulee Region by transforming herself for all of her viewers to see over the next year," he said. Jezebel has a picture of Krause, a personal injury lawyer, and notes that he "looks exactly like you'd expect, multiplied by 100."