This week, several video clips featuring Tucker Carlson’s private remarks were leaked, and Fox News host Greg Gutfeld is still defending his former colleague, and rightly so if you ask me.
On Thursday, the Fox News host responded to a new clip from Media Matters for America by saying that the comments he made were just casual conversation between colleagues. “Tucker Carlson asks makeup artist if ‘pillow fights ever break out’ in the women’s bathroom in new behind-the-scenes video,” Media Matters tweeted along with a clip of the exchange.
“Imagine having to tell your parents that your job is narcing on the casual comments of other people while they, happily unaware, make a living,” Gutfeld snapped back. “Your parents would be so embarrassed and ashamed they’d rather tell their friends you died in a fire.”
imagine having to tell your parents that your job is narcing on the casual comments of other people while they, happily unaware, make a living. Your parents would be so embarrassed and ashamed they'd rather tell their friends you died in a fire. https://t.co/kpeBI1bnnu
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) May 5, 2023
The video of Gutfeld’s response has been viewed millions of times.
Gutfeld has been expressing his opinion on how Media Matters and The New York Times have been sharing videos that appear to be aimed at harming the reputation of the former Fox News anchor, which he refers to as “hall monitor failures.”
“NEW FOXLEAKS: Media Matters obtained three more behind-the-scenes videos featuring former Fox host Tucker Carlson’s creepy on-set comments,” Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz tweeted.
Gutfeld replied, “Apparently everyone understands nonsense banter between segments except for hall monitor failures bitterly chronicling the lives of the far more successful.”
apparently everyone understands nonsense banter between segments except for hall monitor failures bitterly chronicling the lives of the far more successful https://t.co/HkwFTgIub6
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) May 2, 2023
Megyn Kelly criticized the leaked clips, stating that they seem to be a deliberate attempt at ruining someone’s reputation.
“Fox News is suffering what could fairly be called a bloodbath at eight o’clock and now their entire primetime is suffering as a result of it as viewers’ anger escalates to exponential levels in the wake of this unfair treatment of their number one star,” Kelly said during her Wednesday show.
“This is absurd. OK, this is absurd,” she claimed. “This is a destruction campaign and the media is going along with it without one thought for how they’re participating in what is an internal work dispute, allowing themselves to be used as tools of Irena Briganti who runs the Fox evil communications department and her bosses who are clearly allowing all of this.”