NATIONWIDE -- Media personality Tomi Lahren is facing major public backlash after admitting to kicking her dog.

In a video, she is seen talking to her dog, Kota

"Kota, why don't you tell the world what you were doing during my entire 'Fox and Friends' hit? Oh, I know! Chewing on her bone as loud as she possibly could so I had to kick her about five times during the show. So thank you Kota."   

Animal rights group, PETA, condemned Lahren as a "heartless person."

Lahren soon defended herself by denying ever kicking her dog, saying it was all a joke. She told paparazzi at an airport, "I think people are pretty logical, and they understand that it was a joke. Anyone that knows me knows that I love my dog more than anything in the world."