Tucker Carlson apologized to far-right influencer Nick Fuentes for previously calling him a “weird little gay kid” on his new X episode ― but that may not have been the most noteworthy part. (Watch the video below.)
Fuentes, who once joined Kanye West for a meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago but is now surging in popularity for his opposition to the president, has been linked to neo-Nazis and has called for “total Aryan victory.”
However, Carlson had Fuentes hold forth as a sex expert for a bit on his show, which he posted Monday.
Fuentes ruminated over the “reality distortion” pornography has wreaked to make a generation of young men “totally sexually dysfunctional.”
“Seems like it’s making a lot of people gay, too,” Carlson chimed in.
“Yeah. And trans,” Fuentes replied.
“You think that’s true?” the former Fox News host asked.
“Hundred percent,” the white nationalist influencer answered.
Carlson eventually got around to apologizing for repeatedly calling Fuentes gay during an interview with Candace Owens in August.
“I’m sorry I called you gay, by the way,” Carlson. “But ... I think I’m just too old or something. I’m like, why isn’t anyone married? You tell me. Why aren’t people married?”
“Well, I mean, honestly, it’s the women,” said Fuentes, who has described himself as a “proud incel.” “The women are extremely liberal. No one talks about that … There’s a 45-point difference between men and women (since the last election). The men are extremely conservative, increasingly. The women are extremely liberal.” Fuentes might have been referring to a Center for American Women and Politics poll that reflected a 10-point difference in 2024 ― 55% of men voting for the Republican presidential ticket and 45% of women doing the same.
Fuentes also said women are “very feminist” and “extremely feminist” and “naturally want strong men” ... “None of them want to work either.”
“Of course,” Carlson said.
It’s a lot to unpack. Fast forward to 1:48:11 if you’d like to try: