The s**t continues to hit the fan relating to newly-fired former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
As likely know, Carlson was abruptly let go from the information community late final month. And whereas it’s not fully clear why he was fired, extra info is now popping out through leaks of unsettling feedback he made behind the scenes.
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On Tuesday morning, Media Matters For America printed two leaked clips of Tucker chatting with colleagues previous to happening air again whereas he was nonetheless working for Fox News. In one clip, Carlson seems to have made misogynistic and sexually-charged crude feedback whereas speaking to Piers Morgan previous to an look Tucker had on Piers’ TalkTV present in April of final yr. Considering the office discrimination lawsuit lately filed by a former producer in opposition to Carlson and his nightly present, these feedback definitely don’t look good.
In that first clip, whereas Tucker was getting ready to go dwell on Morgan’s eponymous present, Piers says this to the now-former ex-Fox News talker:
“It’s just great to have you on my show. I mean, I’ve been on yours enough times. It’s great.”
To which Carlson crudely replies:
“I think it’s totally cool. So let’s — if we’re going to talk about sex, I’d love to hit some of the fine points of technique, but, you know, but it’s your show. It’s totally up to you.”
Ew…
Morgan responds with out lacking a beat by referencing a section Carlson had carried out the week earlier than that on Tucker Carlson Tonight about males tanning their testicles to extend testosterone ranges:
“We can certainly talk about your sexual technique, especially after your tanning testicles last week.”
And Carlson replied:
“Not mine! We’ll speak in more general terms, but I’ve got something to add.”
Seriously vomit-inducing…
Thankfully, when the duo went on air in the course of the ensuing section on Piers’ present final yr, Tucker’s sexual method was not mentioned. But sadly, for our functions right here, that was simply the warm-up.
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Another video taken from behind the scenes whereas Tucker was on the set set of his personal recently-concluded present on Fox News is much extra unsettling.
Speaking to somebody who’s off-camera at one level earlier than going dwell on the community on his personal present, the 53-year-old host might be heard saying this about somebody:
“You wouldn’t? OK. I’m not, you know what, I’m not qualified on that score. I will say, I thought his girlfriend was kind of yummy.”
Then, as if understanding his phrases might get leaked — which is precisely what occurred Tuesday — Carlson backtracked:
“Just kidding, in case this is being pulled off the bird.”
(The “bird,” FYI, is a cable information slang time period for a communications satellite tv for pc.)
Tucker then went on so as to add:
“Hey, Media Matters For America, go f**k yourself. I don’t even know what his girlfriend looks like. And if I did, I would not find her ‘yummy.’”
Uhhh WTF?!
Then, in a 3rd leaked clip, Tucker might be seen on the set of his now-killed second challenge Tucker Carlson Today. That present was accessible on Fox Nation — Fox News’ internet streaming service — earlier than he was fired from the information community.
But judging by this leaked quip, it appears like Tucker didn’t have a ton of respect for his streaming viewers. He advised anyone off digicam whereas prepping his look to go dwell:
“I can never assess my appearance. I wait for my postmenopausal fans to weigh in on that.”
Wow…
Then, joking about how he’s about to go on air, he added:
“What, they want to control me from afar? OK, I’m putting the leash on.”
And even that wasn’t it.
Apparently not content material to depart it at criticizing Fox Nation’s followers, he additionally slammed the streaming service itself with one other clip that was pulled from earlier than an interview with Andrew Tate final August.
In that leaked clip, which was first launched by MMFA again on Monday night, Carlson mentioned:
“Nobody’s going to watch it on Fox Nation. Nobody watches Fox Nation because the site sucks. So I’d really like to just … dump the whole thing on YouTube. But anyway, that’s just my view, OK? I’m just frustrated with it.”
And he went on from there, hurriedly venting his frustrations with Fox Nation:
“It’s hard to use that site. I don’t know why they’re not fixing it. It’s driving me insane. And they’re like making, like, Lifetime movies. But they don’t work on the infrastructure of the site. Like what? It’s crazy. And it drives me crazy because it’s like we’re doing all this extra work and no one can find it. It’s unbelievable, actually. I don’t know who runs that site.”
Before he concluded with a flourish:
“We’re like working like animals to produce all this content, and the people in charge of it, whoever that guy’s, whatever his name is, like, they’re ignoring the fact that the site doesn’t work. And I think it’s like a betrayal of our efforts. That’s how I feel. So I, of course, I resent it.”
Yikes!
Not precisely a solution to endear your self to huge boss Rupert Murdoch there, Tucker. Guess that’s why Carlson is now not with the community, then. Right?
You can see extra of the leaked footage through MMFA on the hyperlinks to their bombshell experiences on Tucker during the last two days HERE and HERE.
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