Tucker Carlson dared Piers Morgan to utter a homosexual slur on digital camera whereas the 2 have been discussing the “suppression of free speech” in the UK.
The subject got here up throughout Wednesday’s episode of Carlson’s eponymous talk show when Carlson talked about a narrative from The Daily Mail a couple of feminine assault sufferer who was convicted of a hate crime after calling her attacker a “f**obtained” in textual content messages to a good friend.
The article mentioned the 34-year-old lady, Elizabeth Kinney, needed to pay a effective and was sentenced to serve a “12-month group order” amongst different penalties.
Arguing that “you’re allowed to be homophobic if you’d like in a free nation,” Carlson then bluntly asked Morgan, “Would you say the phrase ‘f**obtained’ on digital camera?”
The TV host, who mentioned he hadn’t heard concerning the story, rapidly replied, “No.”
“Why? You don’t wish to get arrested, do you?” Carlson prodded.
Morgan started to reply earlier than the conservative political commentator scoffed and interjected, “Ohhh, as a result of it’s so dangerous to folks? Is it like gay-bashing? What’s mistaken with that?”
The “Piers Morgan Uncensored” host argued that you just don’t have to say “derogatory stuff” concerning the LGBTQ group to “make the purpose that ladies’s rights ought to be protected.”
Morgan flipped the query again to Carlson, asking him whether or not he would use the phrase.
“F**obtained? I simply did,” Carlson shot again, earlier than spewing out the phrase just a few extra instances. “I’m utilizing it since you’re not allowed to since you’re …”
“I’m allowed to [use it], I don’t wish to,” Morgan replied. “I’m allowed to, I simply select to not.”
The disgraced former Fox News host then declared that he’s not “anti-gay” and “by no means [has] been,” including, “I can use any freaking phrase I would like.”
“How about this? Let my life, the best way that I truly stay and deal with folks be the testomony to my coronary heart. That’s how I really feel. And if I’ve mistreated somebody that may be a sin —,” Carlson continued.
Morgan interrupted, telling him that he doesn’t imagine that Carlson would use the phrase on to a homosexual individual’s face.
“Not in a imply manner,” Carlson responded. “Identical to the one individuals who say the ‘N-word’ are Black. Interval.”
Carlson famous that he’s “spent loads of time round gays” whereas working within the TV information business, and he alleged that “they’re the one ones” which have ever used the phrase “always.”
“However I’m not allowed to make use of it, however you’re?” Carlson questioned. “I don’t play these video games, dude.”
Carlson, who was fired from Fox Information in April 2023, has a historical past of pushing inflammatory conspiracy theories and making defamatory remarks, together with sending a racist message to a producer within the hours following the violent Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The political pundit claimed that “being racist is not a crime” in his biography, “Tucker, by Chadwick Moore,” that was launched in July 2023.
“Possibly [it is] an ethical crime, however not a statutory crime — so if I used to be racist, I might simply say so,” he added.
Watch Carlson’s interview with Piers Morgan beneath.
