Tucker Carlson dared Piers Morgan to utter a homosexual slur on digicam whereas the 2 had been discussing the “suppression of free speech” in the UK.
The subject got here up throughout Wednesday’s episode of Carlson’s eponymous speak present when Carlson talked about a narrative from The Every day Mail a few feminine assault sufferer who was convicted of a hate crime after calling her attacker a “f**got” in textual content messages to a pal.
The article mentioned the 34-year-old girl, Elizabeth Kinney, needed to pay a positive and was sentenced to serve a “12-month community order” amongst different penalties.
Arguing that “you’re allowed to be homophobic if you want in a free country,” Carlson then bluntly requested Morgan, “Would you say the word ‘f**got’ on camera?”
The TV host, who mentioned he hadn’t heard concerning the story, shortly replied, “No.”
“Why? You don’t want to get arrested, do you?” Carlson prodded.
Morgan started to reply earlier than the conservative political commentator scoffed and interjected, “Ohhh, because it’s so harmful to people? Is it like gay-bashing? What’s wrong with that?”
The “Piers Morgan Uncensored” host argued that you just don’t must say “derogatory stuff” concerning the LGBTQ neighborhood to “make the point that women’s rights should be protected.”
Morgan flipped the query again to Carlson, asking him whether or not he would use the phrase.
“F**got? I just did,” Carlson shot again, earlier than spewing out the phrase a number of extra instances. “I’m using it because you’re not allowed to because you’re …”
“I am allowed to [use it], I don’t want to,” Morgan replied. “I’m allowed to, I just choose not to.”
The disgraced former Fox Information host then declared that he’s not “anti-gay” and “never [has] been,” including, “I can use any freaking word I want.”
“How about this? Let my life, the way that I actually live and treat people be the testament to my heart. That’s how I feel. And if I’ve mistreated someone that is 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 mean way,” Carlson responded. “Just like the only people who say the ‘N-word’ are Black. Period.”
Carlson famous that he’s “spent a lot of time around gays” whereas working within the TV information business, and he alleged that “they’re the only ones” which have ever used the phrase “constantly.”
“But I’m not allowed to use it, but you are?” Carlson questioned. “I don’t play those 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.
“Maybe [it is] a moral crime, but not a statutory crime — so if I was racist, I would just say so,” he added.
Watch Carlson’s interview with Piers Morgan beneath.
