[13] Sources such as CNN and The Washington Post have said Carlson promotes racism,[14][301][21][302][303] a charge he denies, saying in 2018, "I'm not a racist. I hate racism. [263], In a July 2018 interview about Russian involvement in U.S. elections, Carlson claimed that Mexico had interfered in U.S. elections "more successfully" than Russia by "packing our electorate" through mass immigration. That's a lie. The video podcast series, titled Tucker Carlson Today, will take on much of the format ofTucker Carlson Tonightwith interviews and topical discussions. [28] Carlson did not vote in the 2004 election, citing his souring on the Iraq War, his disillusionment with the once small-government Republican Party, and his disappointment with President Bush and like-minded conservatives. [42][484] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. ", "Tucker Carlson appears to endorse Harvey Milk's murderer in college yearbook", "Tucker Carlson's College Yearbook Says He Belonged to Club for Harvey Milk's Murderer", "Former Dem-Gaz editorial writer Tucker Carlson to succeed Megyn Kelly in Fox prime time", "Why Are Writers and Editors So Obsessed With Tucker Carlson? Carlson is also keeping his post as the host of his weekly primetime show, Tucker Carlson Tonight. Lisa McNear is best known as the mother of Tucker Carlson, an American television host and conservative political commentator who has hosted the nightly political talk He supported Ron Paul's 1988 presidential candidacy, when Paul ran as the candidate for the Libertarian Party, along with his 2008 presidential candidacy, when Paul ran as a Republican. He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne [357], Carlson aired an edited version of his interview with Kanye West over two days in October 2022 in which he called some of West's views "obviously true"; Carlson did not disclose that during his interview, West had made a number of antisemitic remarks and had claimed that his home had been infiltrated by "fake children" (child actors). "[16] In 2021, Time said that Carlson could be the most powerful conservative in America, with Republican strategist Jeff Roe adding, "He doesn't react to the agenda, he drives the agenda. [333][331], In May 2022, after the 2022 Buffalo shooting, in which the shooter's manifesto (like those of some previous mass shooters) cited the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, Carlson claimed he was unfamiliar with the conspiracy theory, even though he had previously mentioned it by name on his show, and had alleged the idea of forced demographic change by Democrats over 400 times on his show. Carlson reportedly told Trump that if he listened to his hawkish advisors and went ahead with the strikes, he would not win re-election. It premiered on March 29 and will have new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [139][140] Neff had also previously been a writer on The Daily Caller. We have confirmed that. "[265], In May 2019, Carlson defended Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless Mexico stopped illegal immigration to the United States. "[406] More than 90% of Fox Corporation's full-time employees had been fully vaccinated by September 2021. [152][153][154] In spring of 2021 he began hosting a show on Fox Nation called Tucker Carlson Today. "[266], Carlson has stated he does not consider Russia a serious threat to the United States. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. He was criticized in India by figures such as the politician and historian Shashi Tharoor, who had written a book detailing atrocities by the British Raj. He also owns 11 cars and 6 luxury yachts. Tucker Carlsons Net Worth. [109][110] He had a cameo appearance in the 2008 film Swing Vote, again playing himself. [163] Klein offered to form a bipartisan forum with Carlson, but Carlson declined. [454], In October 2020, Carlson alleged on his show that someone was reading his text messages, after documents he claimed had compromising information on Joe Biden's son, Hunter, were lost by the United Parcel Service and then quickly located. [382][383][384][385][33], Carlson differed with Trump and some of his colleagues at Fox News in early 2020 by saying COVID-19 should be taken more seriously in the U.S.[377][386] On March 9, 2020, Carlson opened his show by saying, "People you trust, people you probably voted for, have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem. 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[195], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". [229], Early in his career, Carlson supported libertarian economics. [453][454] Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, prominent anchors in the network's news division, raised objections to the series to top executives of the Fox organization. [415][416] Public health officials rejected the claims; CDC Director Rochelle Walensky responded that vaccinated and boosted individuals are 68 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. I take the death penalty very seriously. [310], In call-in segments Carlson made from 2006 to 2009 on the radio show Bubba the Love Sponge, Carlson said Iraq was not worth invading because it was a country made up of "semi-literate primitive monkeys" who "don't use toilet paper or forks". [56][486] Carlson is left-handed and dyslexic. AMERICAN conservative television host Tucker Carlson has been apart of Fox News for over a decade. [135], In December 2019, Playboy model Karen McDougal sued Fox News after Carlson, in a 2018 episode of his show, accused her of extorting Donald Trump. "[202], Carlson supported Trump's expansion of the MexicoUnited States barrier, saying a wall was needed to "restore sovereignty" to the border. He also claimed to have taken positions unpopular with his audience, saying, "Most of the big positions I've taken in the past five years against the neocons, the vax and the war [in Ukraine] have been very unpopular with our audience at first. [271], Carlson asserted in December 2019 that "Putin, for all his faults, does not hate America as much as many of these people do", referring to liberals. "Tucker Carlson's new book topples Woodward from No. According to reports, Richard Warner Carlson and Lisa McNear are Tucker Carlsons parents. PolitiFact found that none of the evidence provided by Carlson substantiated his conclusion. [384][382] Fauci called Carlson's remarks a "crazy conspiracy theory". A year after the invasion of Iraq, he began criticizing the war, telling The New York Observer: "I think it's a total nightmare and disaster, and I'm ashamed that I went against my own instincts in supporting it. Foxs talk show Tucker Carlson was born to his parents, Lisa McNear and Dick Carlson. According to businessinsider.com, Tucker Carlson was born in San Francisco into a wealthy family. Tuckers father, Richard Warner Carlson had forged his career in journalism and later in politics. [368][369][370][371], Carlson has highlighted what he considers excesses of LGBT people on the political left. Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? "[42] Carlson has repeatedly promoted a conspiracy theory that Democrats are seeking "demographic replacement" to increase their voter base, and in 2021 he described this as "the Great Replacement", using white nationalist terminology. MacDougald identified this form of radicalism as the ideological core of Trumpism. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. In September 2020, federal judge Mary Kay Vyskocil[136] dismissed the lawsuit, citing her acceptance of Fox News' defense that Carlson's extortion claims were opinion based and not "statements of fact". [358][359][360] Footage of the omitted answers, leaked to Vice News, was scrutinized in light of West's tweets shortly after the interview that he was "going death con 3" against Jewish people. [479][480], Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and a former colleague of Carlson, said: "Tucker is a tremendously good writer and I always thought it was a real shame that he kind of got sucked into this TV mania thing. [447][448] Republican House members Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene quickly embraced Carlson's story about FBI involvement in the Capitol attack, and Republican congressman Paul Gosar entered the Revolver News story into the Congressional Record during a House Oversight Committee hearing. WebTucker Carlson has four children in total with his wife, Susan Carlson. "[85][86] In 2017, The New York Times referred to Stewart's "on-air dressing-down" of Carlson as an "ignominious career [moment]" for Carlson, leading to the show's cancellation. Tucker Carlson: This is propaganda aimed at children. [443][35] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. [142], By October 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight averaged 5.3 million viewers, with the show's monthly average becoming the highest of any cable news program in history at that point. [162] The forum barred media reporters and conservatives. [44][53] Carlson's father was granted custody of Tucker and his brother. [337], The evening after the segment, Carlson acknowledged that the proposed amendment was still being debated and added that no farms had yet been expropriated, though he did not admit to having made errors. Both the three-times-a-week podcast and the Tucker Carlson Originals are set to debut in April on Fox Nation. [178][179] [b] In 2021, Time magazine said Carlson "may be the most powerful conservative in America". [107], Carlson was a contestant on season 3 of the reality show Dancing with the Stars, which aired in 2006; he was paired with professional dancer Elena Grinenko. View our online Press Pack. [145] In 2020, Tucker Carlson Tonight and The Sean Hannity Show became the first cable news programs to finish a full year with viewership in excess of four million. Carlson has stated he was only a registered Democratic voter to be able to vote in Democratic primaries in Washington, D.C. Carlson has said he did not vote for Trump in either. We believe Martin Luther King Jr. We don't think your skin color is the most important thing about you. [264] This assertion was disputed by journalist Philip Bump, who wrote that the number of Mexicans in the U.S. had decreased since 2009 and asked rhetorically: "What good has it done Mexico to have a number of its citizens move to the United States and gain the right to vote? and jesse will be back tomorrow night. From 2005 to 2008, he hosted the nightly program Tucker on MSNBC. Carlson is the eldest son of Lisa McNear, an artist, and journalist Richard Warner Carlson. [132] His ratings rose eight percent that week despite the boycotts. In other comments, Carlson argued that the unrest following Floyd's killing stemmed from a desire for ideological domination, rather than genuine opposition to police brutality. [402][403] He claimed that a vaccine mandate in the U.S. Armed Forces was designed to oust "the sincere Christians in the ranks, the free thinkers, the men with high testosterone levels, and anyone else who doesn't love Joe Biden". The top-ratedFox Newschannel host will be featured in a video podcast series and a monthly specialTucker Carlson Originals, which will drill down on a single topic or issue. [481], In April 2022, The New York Times published a three-part 20,000-word investigative series on Carlson called "American Nationalist". [258] The Open Society Foundations, a group founded by Soros, called the film "anti-American propaganda," and its Vice President Laura Silber stated that "Carlson appears to prefer authoritarian rule, state capture of media and the courts, crony corruption and rigged elections. "[381], In 2021, Carlson ran segments that misrepresented the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and asserted that U.S. officials were "lying" about them. Carlson took four-hour-a-day ballroom dance classes to prepare. [488], In September 2022, Carlson spoke at the funeral of Hells Angels president Sonny Barger. Has Putin ever called me a racist? [45][46], Carlson's paternal grandparents were Richard Boynton and Dorothy Anderson, who were teenagers when they placed his father at The Home for Little Wanderers orphanage where he was fostered by Carl Moberger of Malden, near Boston, a tannery worker of Swedish descent, and his wife Florence Moberger. AfriForum, a South African non-governmental organization focused mainly on the interests of Afrikaners, took credit for Carlson's and Trump's statements, saying it believed that its campaign to influence American politics had succeeded. [50][51] Carlson is also a distant relative of Massachusetts politicians Ebenezer R. Hoar and George M. Brooks and is a great-great-great-grandson to Californian rancher Henry Miller. "Tucker Announces New Book That Includes Section Grilling His Own Publisher", "For Fox News, Life After Bill O'Reilly Will Feature Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson: A Buckley for Our Time? Ask anyone at Fox." [35][444][445] One of the unindicted co-conspirators was readily identifiable as Stewart Rhodes, founder and leader of Oath Keepers, a far-right anti-government militia; another unindicted co-conspirator was likely the wife of an indicted alleged conspirator. [127], By January 2019, his show dropped to third with 2.8 million nightly viewers, down six percent from the previous year. [25][4][26] Formerly an economic libertarian, he now supports protectionism. "[62][71] Among liberals, Carlson's piece received praise, with Democratic consultant Bob Shrum calling it "vivid". To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. [287] Carlson went on to argue that "a lot of countries commit atrocities including a number that we're closely allied with". [54][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020. [471], Carlson's rhetorical style and debating tactics have drawn close attention from writers and other public figures. "[409], Carlson is married to Susan Thomson Carlson (ne Andrews). "[160] Columnist Mickey Kaus quit after Carlson refused to run a column critical of Fox News's coverage of the immigration policy debate due to his contractual obligations to Fox News. [262][12][11] Trump fired Bolton on September 10, 2019. [224][225] He has a concealed carry permit in the District of Columbia. [457] In November 2021, the Daily Mail published emails from a laptop owned by Hunter Biden, which appear to demonstrate a friendship between himself and Carlson. [168][169], In June 2020, Carlson sold his one-third stake in The Daily Caller to Patel for an undisclosed amount and said Neil [Patel] runs it. [89] CNN announced that it was ending its relationship with Carlson and would soon cancel Crossfire. Jones texted Carlson a link on March 16, 2020, to a now-deleted Infowars article titled Tucker Carlson Drove To Mar-A-Lago To Warn Trump Coronavirus Was A Real