As you have no doubt heard, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have parted ways.
Judging from the end of what turned out to be Carlson’s final show on Fox News Friday evening, things seemed to be normal and Carlson closed the program by eating some pizza and saying “we’ll be back on Monday”:
This was Tucker Carlson Tonight’s last moment.
Eating pizza with the hero delivery man who stopped a car jacker.
I can’t think of a better way for the greatest cable news show in history to end.
pic.twitter.com/cfzNZ6QY4l— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 24, 2023
That same night Carlson delivered the keynote address at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Gala.
Here are some clips, and we’ll start with some comments about pronoun usage in email signatures:
Tucker Carlson on Friday night:
"I am not a slave. I am a free citizen, and I'm not doing that, and there's nothing you can do to me to make me do it, and I hope it won't come to that, but if it does come to that, here I am. Here I am. It's Paul on trial. Here I am." pic.twitter.com/3W0VXmP0pA
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 24, 2023
Carlson also spoke about people who have “paid a heavy price for telling the truth”:
Tucker Carlson on Friday night:
"The truth is contagious…the more you tell the truth, the stronger you become…the more you lie, the weaker and more terrified you become…you see these people and some of them really have paid a heavy price for telling the truth…but they do… pic.twitter.com/MwV6X1ywZl
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 24, 2023
That’s certainly true, and so is this:
Tucker Carlson on Friday:
"The very first thing you should do every single day is tell all the people you love that you love them…We don't know what's gonna happen today, and we could die. That's the one thing that unites every person." pic.twitter.com/r1EtaCAaQQ
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 24, 2023
There was also a bit of foreshadowing in what the Heritage Foundation’s president told Carlson:
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on Friday night: "If things go south at Fox News, there's always a job for you at Heritage."
Tucker Carlson, laughing: "You've saved me before…" pic.twitter.com/SevEQ8zvVK
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 24, 2023
We’re not sure where Tucker’s going to land but he had his first job offer this weekend.
He knew it
— Lawrence Lilly (@LarryLV201) April 24, 2023
Tucker is pretty much the only reason I watch Fox News.
— Lizbeth (@dinahgirl88) April 24, 2023
There’s going to be a viewership backlash, that’s for sure.
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