Carlson said the network had changed a lot and "they didn't have a role for me". 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. [220][221] In March 2018 he criticized Donald Trump for comments supporting gun control after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. They hide his parents at Wiki, but his mother was aFischer. For example, because Trump and Biden ballots were sorted into separate piles during the hand recount, tally sheets with votes exclusively for either candidate are not indicative of fraud. [54] A few years earlier he quit smoking cigarettes (a habit dating to eighth grade) and took up nicotine gum, which he "chews constantly", and nicotine pouches. His monologue was described by The Guardian as "racially loaded" and "full of anti-immigrant rhetoric". [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. [57] His father owned property in Nevada, Vermont, and islands in Maine and Nova Scotia. Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six-years-old. However Carlson still hosted her on his show for a second appearance. Carlson is also keeping his post as the host of his weekly primetime show, Tucker Carlson Tonight. [89] CNN announced that it was ending its relationship with Carlson and would soon cancel Crossfire. No, no, this is a voting rights question." [8], In 2019, Carlson lobbied Donald Trump to fire his national security advisor, John Bolton. [62][485] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. [301] In May 2019 he said, "The flood of illegal workers into the United States has damaged our communities, ruined our schools, burdened our healthcare system and fractured our national unity. Dorothy Carlsons parents, Tucker Carlson and Susan Andrews, knew each other since they were in tenth grade. I hate racism. I have less political power because they are importing a brand-new electorate. [184][185][186] He was previously registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2020. [432], In August 2022, Carlson was deposed as part of a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News over false claims of voter fraud made about the company. He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (19452011) and Dick Carlson (1941), a former "gonzo reporter" who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador t [11], Carlson called the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani a "quagmire". [149][150][151] Through May 2022 it was a close second to The Five, while leading in the 25-54 demographic. Fox News host Tucker Carlson reacts to a growing movement to limit parental rights when it comes to children's 'gender identity.'. [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? "[364], Carlson is an opponent of feminism. [61] He attained his secondary education at St. George's School, a boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he started dating his future wife, Susan Andrews, the headmaster's daughter. That's a lie. "Tucker Carlson's new book topples Woodward from No. [226][227][228] At trial Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. Artist According to reports, Richard Warner Carlson and Lisa McNear are Tucker Carlsons parents. "[236][237][238] In January 2019, Carlson used a Washington Post op-ed by Romney to criticize what he described as the "mainstream Republican" worldview, consisting of "unwavering support for a finance-based economy. We can trade intimate details. [1][39] He is the elder son of artist and San Francisco native Lisa McNear (ne Lombardi) (19452011) and Dick Carlson (1941), a former "gonzo reporter"[1][40][41] who became the director of Voice of America, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles,[42] and more recently a director at the lobbying firm Policy Impact Strategic Communications. ", "Tucker Carlson's espousal of 'replacement' theory is both toxic and ahistoric", "Tucker Carlson's Xenophobia Is Horribly Effective", "Column: Long before Fox News, Carlson was a La Jollan", "Does Tucker Carlson's Family Own Swanson? [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. [195] Carlson told Salon in 2003 that some Washington conservatives suspected he was "secretly liberal" because he liked John McCain. Ask anyone at Fox." He also said, "Everyone wants to make a racial issue out of it, 'Ooh, the white replacement theory.' [37], Carlson's use of hyperbole as a rhetorical device was cited by Fox News in its successful defense in 2020 of a slander lawsuit by Karen McDougal, after Carlson incorrectly argued in 2018 that Donald Trump had been a victim of extortion by McDougal. [245][246][247][248], Carlson is skeptical of foreign intervention, has expressed regret for his public support of the U.S. invading Iraq in 2003, and has said "the U.S. ought to hesitate before intervening abroad". Tucker's father is Richard Warner Carlson, famously known as Dick Carlson. We have confirmed that. "[477] Bump argued in 2022 that compared with other television anchors, Carlson is loath to acknowledge factual errors in his commentary. They have three daughters, namely Hopie Carlson, Lilie Carlson, and Dorothy Carlson. [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. The investigative series documents Carlson's rise to prominence and his rhetoric on immigration, race relations and the COVID-19 pandemic. As other media outlets fall silent or fall in line, Fox News Medias management has redoubled its commitment to honesty and freedom of speech. [143][144] Carlson's program saw a dip in viewership following the aftermath of the 2020 election, losing out to Anderson Cooper 360 in the 2554 demographic which Carlson had maintained a hold of the prior month. 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. [195], In July 2017, Carlson said that "we actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran". [126] By the end of 2018, the show had begun to be boycotted by at least 20 advertisers after Carlson said immigration makes the country "poorer, dirtier and more divided". "[266] In December 2019, he falsely claimed that immigrants were responsible for making the Potomac River "dirtier and dirtier". 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According to businessinsider.com, Tucker Carlson was born in San Francisco into a wealthy family. [374] Carlson's promotion of inflammatory rhetoric about LGBTQ controversies[375] was scrutinized after the Colorado Springs nightclub mass shooting in November 2022. He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba, and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service. [345], Carlson concluded Tucker Carlson Tonight on July 9, 2019, with a three-minute monologue about Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), calling her ungrateful to the United States, where she had been granted asylum, and calling her "living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country". According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. [358], On August 18, 2017, during a debate about whether web hosting companies should do business with racist sites like The Daily Stormer, Carlson said "I'm not defending white supremacy. The agency denies it", "McCarthy taps Nunes to investigate NSA over claims of spying on Tucker Carlson", "Tucker Carlson sought interview with Putin at time of NSA spying claim", "Watchdog to Scrutinize Fox News Host's Claim the N.S.A. [288][289][290][291], Carlson has said normalization of relations with China following President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit led to unforeseen consequences, and that America became progressively worse off for it. His go-to weaponsthe smirky sarcasm, the barbed comebacks, the vicious politenessseem uniquely designed to drive his sparring partners nuts, frequently making for terrific television". The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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[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. Shock first photos inside Serena Williams' crumbling childhood home, Ana Walshe's pals reveal what 'delayed her fate' after husband charged, Child's body found in search for missing girl, 4, who was 'beaten to death', Missing woman's husband charged with murder after blood found in basement, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Tucker Carlson's father Richard Warner Carlson, Tucker Carlson's mother Lisa McNear died in October 2011, due to cancer, Tucker Carlson has a new podcast series on Fox Nation, In February, Tucker Carlson signed a new multiyear deal with Fox's streaming service Fox Nation, Carlson is the host of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight. One commentator, Jennifer Rubin, characterized these remarks as an example of white supremacy. "[449], After Carlson criticized Senator Ted Cruz for calling the Capitol storming a "terrorist attack", Cruz appeared on Carlson's show January 6, 2022, the anniversary of the event, and apologized for his words. [31][51][328][329] In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson, arguing that the talk about demographic replacement "was not just a dog whistle to racists it was a bullhorn". Tucker Carlsons Net Worth. He's not just a pig, he's stupid! My wife said people are going to think you're hunting for a job in the Bush campaign. Later Carlson would say that he did not endorse her theories on Covid. [97] Rachel Maddow and Jay Severin featured as guests on a rotating panel. [42][62] John F. Harris of Politico would later remark on how Carlson was "viewed as an important voice of the intelligentsia" during this period. [330], In September 2021, Carlson again invoked the Great Replacement theory on his program, this time by name. He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and a co-host of the network's prime-time news debate program Crossfire from 2001 to 2005. See the sources for this fact-check. Carlson's parents divorced after their nine year-marriage reportedly "turned sour.". Here you have an employee of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school, sending an invitation apparently on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to recruit Floyd had drugs in his system when he died, but medical professionals determined this did not cause his death. "[38] In October 2022, Carlson interviewed Kanye West, with the latter's statement that he had received the COVID-19 vaccine being omitted from two days of segments. [44] Carlson himself was named after his great-great-great-grandfather Dr. J.C. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. [373] In 2021, Carlson belittled the paternity leave taken by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, a gay man, joking that Buttigieg could be "trying to figure out how to breastfeed". [197] Carlson spoke at Ron Paul's independent Rally for the Republic convention, opposite the official 2008 Republican National Convention, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which served as a "message of revolt to the Republican Party" and a general celebration of Paul's policy proposals. That's how we got Jan. 6 in the first place. ", "The Playboy Interview With Tucker Carlson", "The Bearable Lightness of Being Tucker Carlson", "Bow tie-free Tucker Carlson steps into prime time on Fox News Channel", "Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists 'Animals.' Carlson said of the interview, "I thought I'd be ragged for writing a puffy piece. [470] The New York Times observed there was a distinction between Carlson's communications being intercepted by the NSA and intercepts of foreigners who were discussing Carlson. [384][382] Fauci called Carlson's remarks a "crazy conspiracy theory". Initially, his parents met at St. Georges School. 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