Tucker Carlson Restarting His Present on Twitter, After Fox Exit

He’ssss backkkkkk.

Tucker Carlson, as soon as the darling of rightwing cable information, is now pivoting to his subsequent act: rightwing social media troll.

Roughly two weeks in the past, Carlson was out of the blue and unexpectedly shoved off the air at his longtime house community, Fox Information. Regardless of having a few of the highest scores of any cable TV program of the previous a number of years, the community determined in April to drag the plug on Tucker Carlson Tonight, formally parting methods with its star completely. The break between community and anchor got here within the quick aftermath of the settlement of Dominion Voting System lawsuit, in addition to a lawsuit accusing Carlson and Fox of sexism and harassment.

However, because it seems, you simply can’t preserve this rightwing Howard Beale-esque orator—or, as Jimmy Kimmel as soon as described him, a “talking dick”—down for lengthy.

Carlson has now introduced that he’s beginning issues again up at Twitter, the place he says he’ll be resurrecting the identical present he did at Fox. He made the announcement Tuesday through a video posted to Twitter. The video, which rapidly went viral and wracked up effectively over one million views, exhibits Tucker standing in what seems to be like a log cabin someplace whereas waxing eloquent in regards to the ills of the information trade and claiming he’s going to convey viewers the “reality.”

“Starting soon we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for six and a half years to Twitter,” Carlson announces in the video. “Twitter has long served as the place where our national conversation incubates and develops. Twitter is not a partisan site. Everybody is allowed here. And we think that’s a good thing.”

The video also encourages viewers to head to Carlson’s website, tuckercarlson.com, the place they’re greeted with a sign-up sheet to obtain updates on the present’s improvement and, in its merch part, are given the chance to purchase Tucker-themed swag, together with golf balls, socks, a $165 journey bag, and a deck of playing cards together with his face on it. The positioning additionally contains a image of Tucker standing in a wooded space holding a gun for some purpose.

At Fox, Carlson made a reputation for himself as a rightwing reality teller and hearth breather—performing because the mouthpiece for quite a lot of controversial beliefs and narratives. At Twitter, the place he’ll ostensibly undergo just about no editorial oversight, we are able to solely count on the journey to get weirder, louder, and extra unhinged. Buckle up for some actually awe inspiring content material, of us.