'I Am Sorry for Misleading People': Tucker Carlson Delivers Jaw-Dropping Mea Culpa for Endorsing Trump
Source: MEDIAite
Apr 21st, 2026, 6:47 am
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologized on Monday for campaigning for President Donald Trump, declaring that he would be “tormented” by the decision “for a long time” to come. During an interview with his brother Buckley Carlson – a Republican Party operative who previously wrote speeches for Trump – Carlson expressed regret for having publicly supported the president, who has repeatedly attacked him in recent months.
“You wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him. I mean, we’re implicated in this, for sure,” said Carlson to his brother on The Tucker Carlson Show. “It’s not enough to say, ‘Well I changed my mind,’ or like, ‘Oh this is bad, I’m out.’ It’s like in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now.”
“Yes,” Buckley replied. The former Fox News host continued, “So I do think it’s like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. That’s all I’ll say.”
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson in recent months in response to his former ally becoming increasingly critical of the Trump administration – most notably its handling of the Epstein files and the president’s war against Iran.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/i-am-sorry-for-misleading-people-tucker-carlson-delivers-jaw-dropping-mea-culpa-for-endorsing-trump/
So Putin's mouthpiece is sending a message to Putin's puppet that some things haven't worked out as smooth as expected?
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yardwork
(69,490 posts)It's more twisted propaganda.
ToxMarz
(3,013 posts)Creature of habit. He can't help himself. What he regrets is he thought it would work out better for himself than it did.
ananda
(35,331 posts)Too bad.
Marcuse
(9,064 posts)Yep, the Donald sold HIM a bill of goods that he realized WAY too late was nothing but a bag of shit.
And, awwwwwwww, poor dear fellow just woke up deep inside that bag of shit, that was firmly tied closed and well-knotted. There’s no way to get out or get around that one, Tuckerboy.
Beartracks
(14,623 posts)... it's too bad WE couldn't be listened to, because WE were all just liberal fucktards.
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calimary
(90,415 posts)But then again, it’s always made me start wandering toward “THAT’S all you’ve got, dumb-ass?”
Escurumbele
(4,102 posts)as long as he is able to change minds to have his followers vote Democrat, I am OK with his apologies. It doesn't change my opinion of him, I think he is an opportunist, a liar, and a piece of s^&*t, but again, if it helps in the primaries and then during the presidential election, I am good with the apology and should be sent to everyone who listened to Carlson, I have already sent it to a few people who listened to him, and will continue to do so.
calguy
(6,164 posts)I despise these people for who they are and what they’ve said to get us to this spot. But if some of them are now coming out against trump, whether they're sincere about it or not, it may change more than a few votes towards our side, and that is a good thing.
womanofthehills
(10,998 posts)Many Republicans including Tucker have spoken up about the horrors of war in Gaza and Lebanon. I have to hand it to Tucker for finally seeing the light. Tucker is extremely anti-war and very verbal about it with death threats he claims from Netanyahu actually calling him. Believe him or not, seems like he’s very into his Catholic faith and very upset about Israel & US murdering & starving children.
It’s a big Republican & Independent Civil war with many many Republicans now denouncing Trump & claiming death threats.
Denouncing Trump - MTG, Thomas Massie, Candace Owens, Dan Bilzarian, Joe Kent, Ian Carol, Dave Smith, Chris Russel, Saagar Enjeti , Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes, Carrie Prejean Boiler and hundreds more. Trump has most of the independent podcasters against him. Joe Rogan can be a jerk but he consistently has very anti war, anti Trump Independent/commedian Dave Smith on his show -
Many believe part of why Charlie Kirk was killed was because Charlie brought Dave Smith & Tucker to his big summer event and Tucker & Dave Smith were talking anti war & anti Trump policy to college kids at an event with huge Israeli donors.
Most Republicans on X, want the Independent Republican Massie to run for President. Trump despises Massie and is spending millions on his opponent- Almost No one on X ever posts they want Vance to run on the Republican ticket.
So Tucker and Candace are both now top podcasters in the world with Dave Smith climbing up. Between Tucker & Candace probably over 40 million people are being influenced - so better they both dislike Trump.
H2O Man
(79,154 posts)
flamingdem
(40,950 posts)A big deal I know nothing about.
calimary
(90,415 posts)I don’t partake in very many online hangouts except for this one, and a few email wanderings. Just don’t have the time to try to keep up, and I’ve never been that good on the technical end. Besides, as I age, I find it’s better to try to keep it simple.
flamingdem
(40,950 posts)
WyLoochka
(1,666 posts)a cradle Episcopalian who went to an Episcopal school and married the daughter of an Episcopal priest. He stays in the church, contaminating it, despite being highly critical of the church's liberal leaning positions on many issues, saying that - he likes the liturgy
bucolic_frolic
(55,508 posts)Look at me! I knew it all along!
sop
(18,971 posts)magicarpet
(19,042 posts)NCDem47
(3,499 posts)
wnylib
(26,293 posts)from Trump to Vance.
Trump's physical and mental decline are obvious. Trump himself has hinted at his own demise.
If Trump has received a fatal diagnosis-- or, if his backers, enablers, and handlers think that he is going to be removed -- they want to keep their RW voters and the MAGA agenda alive.
So, they denounce Trump as a MAGA traitor and position the fascist MAGA party as the true rescuers of America from "radical leftists."
This is how they try to overcome their lack of Trump's perverse charisma. Usually, when a cult leader dies, so does the cult. But his successors can claim that THEY are the true MAGAs so the cult should follow them and not dissolve.
cab67
(3,824 posts)Vance has very little charisma, and I can't see him denouncing Old Colostomy.
The red-hat movement can dominate a primary, but in many places, it's no longer big enough to carry a general election - and that's if it stays together. And it's not likely to stay together.
Whether this will lead to long-term positive change in the US remains to be seen, but in the short term, the movement/cult will fall apart once the windbag leading it is gone.
magicarpet
(19,042 posts)He has no charisma what so ever. Every time he opens his mouth he steps on his own dick. He would need to be more nimble and convincing. He thinks he is an intellectual maven who is miles ahead and smarter than the dirty filthy unwashed masses of MAGA-land and/or the general population here state side.
JD has not got a chance in either heaven or hell to park his ass in the Oval Office come 2028. Even with Peter Thiel picking up his tab and acting as his Steward/Groom of the Stool - the public can not stomach Hillbilly Elegy - as he marches around incessantly with a silver spoon in his mouth while he flies around on someone else's private jet.
Portraying himself as an average blow Joe,... all the while thinking deep down inside that everyone who passes by should stop and then polish the diamonds and rubies on his royal crown.
Go wash and polish your crown in/with toilet water - JD you zero nobody who has convinced himself he is somebody very important and incomprehensibly smart.
Lovie777
(23,307 posts)Botany
(77,618 posts)You should take the millions you have made spreading hate and use it to help people and stop
all public speaking. Too late for trying to wash away your shame now. You made jokes about
Vice President Harris giving blow jobs and fucking her way to the top.
Tucker you publicly kissed Victor Orban’s ass as he was using Russian and Hungarian money to
prop up right wing disinformation American organizations such as CPAC.
Initech
(108,994 posts)And he was one of the chief spreaders of misinformation along with Alex Jones. 
Botany
(77,618 posts)… to be inside the News Corp Building you had to have been vaccinated. He now needs to just
go away forever but he won’t.
johnnyfins
(3,893 posts)his own run at POTUS in 2028. He will be the alternative fascist to the Trump Regime. You can bet on that.
FakeNoose
(42,030 posts)
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Lemon Lyman
(1,617 posts)No f'ing way!
All of you goons are attached to him at the hip. You 're not getting off the hook.
magicarpet
(19,042 posts)... is contemplating a run for president come 2028.
Trying to clean up his act and look more presentable by separating himself from the rancid cesspool of raw sewage known as Team trDUMP.
Look at me now and embrace me,... I am batheing and scrubbing my self with a wire brush to publicly and aggressively remove the Orange Shitler taint.
Please give me your vote when I campaign for the White people's White House and send me to Washington DC. So I can have my own rich boy reign of terror modeled as that of djt, but way way worse.
Tucker is trying to re-brand himself as the more likable and cuddlier KKKrishtun Nazi extremist. He will select Viktor Orban as his running mate for VeePee.
Escurumbele
(4,102 posts)magicarpet
(19,042 posts)I could see the MAGAT weirdos latching on to Tucker's message and promise to rule with an iron non sense fist. Hammer immigration. Hammer transsex. Hammer the queers. Hammer inflation. Hammer DEI. Hammer taxation. Hammer the need for White pregnancies and White increased births. Hammer contraception. Hammer for the abolition for divorce.
Exploit all the social hot button issues to appeal to the KkKrishtun Fascist adherents. Adamantly Oppose "Forever Wars". Strongly endorse the the American Nazi Republican Parties platform of "America First" - coming across as a fanatical patriot (as if) like Charles Lindbergh.
Tucker could polish his persona and presentation while on camera and climb his way to the top of the heap. He has the name recognition thang down pat - without even having gotten his political feet wet.
Presumably he will have access to ample funds to pull it off and become the next MAGA Emperor of the Universe - if he can finagle enough votes.
calimary
(90,415 posts)“Louis Burton Lindley (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer.”
Just fyi.
Ray Bruns
(6,557 posts)
magicarpet
(19,042 posts)Wonder Why
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Scrivener7
(59,875 posts)The evidence was right in front of your face for all that time.
Hope you're not thinking of running for any offices in the country you ruined with that ridiculous pea brain.
AllyCat
(18,934 posts)They propped him up anyway. If the only thing now is skyrocketing fuel prices, it’s not much of a tantrum.
Scrivener7
(59,875 posts)BradBo
(1,040 posts)Your and your brother are scum. This is a slow motion tragedy happing before our eyes and your at fault idiot.
barbtries
(31,324 posts)he's an awful person. always has been, always will be.
ffr
(23,435 posts)But he's not saying that folks. He's seeing his endorsed candidate's cratering public polling numbers, so he's making up an excuse that implies he should have supported some other equally awful GOP candidate instead.
Fuck Tucker Carlson and anything such an awful person would say. Eat shit and die, POS! 
FakeNoose
(42,030 posts)
In early 1988, allegations of sexual impropriety with a prostitute arose against popular televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Eventually, Swaggart confirmed the truth behind the allegations privately to the governing body of Assemblies of God (his denomination).
In defiance of the national executive presbytery’s decision that he refrain from preaching for one year, Swaggart took to the pulpit once more on May 22, 1988 at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In a stirring speech dubbed by Time magazine “the most dramatic sermon ever aired on television,” Swaggart publicly confessed his sinful behavior (as he described it) and apologized to everyone affected by it (family members, fellow Christians and worshippers, etc.).
builder
(1 post)I was working building a power plant north of baton rouge. Drove past his mansion twice a day.
Seems only the relationship (long term) with the hooker is reported, not the reason she ended it.
Taking money for sex would never come to light if not for swaggart pressuring her to let him " break in" her 13yr. Old daughter. This was reported on, including an interview on tv with the prostitute.
This part is always left out to rehabilitate his image.
Pos bass turd
FakeNoose
(42,030 posts)He's a brother from another mother....
What a world we live in!
LetMyPeopleVote
(180,895 posts)
NNadir
(38,323 posts)
JoseBalow
(9,627 posts)"It's not really religion, it's make-believe television religion."
UpInArms
(55,151 posts)Can fuck himself all the way off the planet
calimary
(90,415 posts)
kacekwl
(9,212 posts)FBI Director when he fires Patel. Then he'll be back to worship the idiot.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,352 posts)That is why he is suddenly 'sorry' for doing what he did.
Fuck off Tuck-off!
You get no sympathy, nor absolution. You are why we are here.
You get to suffer with it just like everyone else, you spineless toady.
Bengus81
(10,268 posts)All of these fuckers are phony,including Traitor Green.
jfz9580m
(17,502 posts)It is one thing where it is disenchanted blue collar workers who voted for Trump. But this Goebbels knockoff was leading the charge.
I see Three-Body P everywhere I look online.
Omnipresent
(7,495 posts)They always default back to supporting him or the publican party.
It doesn’t matter if Megan McCain’s father’s memory is attacked by trump, she got over it and supported him anyway. It also doesn’t matter if Joe Rogan has an agreeable conversation with Bernie about the economically disadvantaged or if trump pisses him off about lack of transparency for the Epstein files.
jfz9580m
(17,502 posts)Tucker, MTG etc can go fuck themselves. They made life hell for people like Dr. Fauci, some of the rare honest/decent elites.
Festivito
(13,901 posts)It 's all about the money.
CaptainTruth
(8,233 posts)
Vogon_Glory
(10,333 posts)IMO, he ought to.
Donald John has already wrecked millions of lives here in the US and hundreds of millions, if not billions of lives elsewhere on the planet. It will take generations, and in certain cases millennia, to mitigate the damage 45-47 has done.
Tuckums is lucky: he’s still well-off. He isn’t going to hurt that badly. The other millions can’t say the same.
My cup of compassion is bone-dry.
Norrrm
(5,335 posts)Vogon_Glory
(10,333 posts)howbeit one used by right-wingers to insult anyone to the left of Jesse Helms. Nowadays we not only have Tuckums but a whole raft of right-wingers cheerleading Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation.
There’s still a part of me that’s a Cold Warrior, even if the Commies aren’t a threat anymore. Being that sort of tool is inexcusable.
OhioBack2Blue
(160 posts)Vogon_Glory
(10,333 posts)Russia is a threat to its neighbors, particularly those who who were once part of the old Soviet Union, it is NOT a Communist country.
AllyCat
(18,934 posts)This insanity.
If he doesn’t, he’s just another grifter setting up to make bank the next election.
CurtEastPoint
(20,067 posts)so Fucker named his own spawn Buckley.
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jmbar2
(8,067 posts)Who will be the next paymaster? Putin is going broke, on his way out?
I won't believe any apology unless they explain WHY they did what they did, and why it was so wrong.
niyad
(133,350 posts)"tormented"??? WTAF are you doing to fix the harm you helped cause, because just saying "tormented" does not do one damned thing.
JohnnyRingo
(20,944 posts)I could go on about how he knew what he was doing or that he should have known better,
I could say that it's too late for apologies, but he influences people on the right and it means Trump loses another layer of armor and that much closer to seeing his way out the door.
Once the republicans in congress no longer fear his influence over the voters it will be the final chapter in the rise and fall saga.
SS32867
(1 post)... your apology is meaningless - YOU are one of the causes of this chaos and corruption. Screw You!
Wednesdays
(22,886 posts) calimary
(90,415 posts)You’ve said what I’m feeling.
agingdem
(8,935 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:18 AM - Edit history (1)
it’s basically “I pissed off Trump/he revenge-targeted me/Trump’s poll numbers are in the toilet so it’s safe for me to go into fake contrition mode even though I still hate everyone Trump hates..”
CTyankee
(68,330 posts) 
bluedigger
(17,440 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,086 posts)coffeenap
(3,297 posts)WestMichRad
(3,330 posts) 
PJMcK
(25,077 posts)She wrote an open letter to Marjorie Taylor Green blasting the Congresswoman when she disavowed Trump.
“So… you’ve suddenly discovered that Donald Trump, the man you treated like a messiah, is not loyal and that the MAGA movement is not safe, not sane, and certainly not rooted in anything constitutional. And you’re shocked that he’s attacking you, endangering you, calling you a traitor. As if you didn’t know he had it in him. Puh-lease.
“Here’s the part you don’t get to skip:
“You helped create this monster. You fed it. You protected it. You celebrated it. And now that it’s finally turning on you, you want sympathy? Understanding? A moment of national concern?
“No. Absolutely not. NOPE.
“You don’t get to unleash political poison into the bloodstream of American politics and then act surprised when it reaches your own veins. You don’t get to cheer on Trump while he smears, threatens, and dehumanizes everyone in his way, and then clutch your fake pearls when he finally does it to you. You don’t get to empower a movement built on conspiracy, cruelty, and violence, and then cry foul when you become its latest target.”
Here’s her full letter:
https://alyssajmilano.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor
As for Tucker Carlson, he can fuck off for exactly the same reasons.
calimary
(90,415 posts)SamuelAdams
(99 posts)Weren't there texts by Tucker leaked after 1/6 saying he hated Trump? Those texts made it clear he was lying in public about his support for Trump.
Marie Marie
(11,414 posts)Was and still is a huge liar and hypocrite and I pray that he is not our next President.
JoseBalow
(9,627 posts)Fuck you
Emile
(42,791 posts)years wasn't enough to convince him.
Gore1FL
(22,968 posts)
PatSeg
(53,279 posts)Sounds like a rich family in a cartoon strip!
A surprising apology coming from Tucker, but how can anyone ever trust him? Much too little, much too late old boy.
cstanleytech
(28,540 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,882 posts)
Grim Chieftain
(1,909 posts)You're complicit. People trusted you and valued your opinion. You helped usher in the most evil, corrupt president in US history. Those who were naive enough to trust your "insight" are suffering.
Live with it, twerp.
Bristlecone
(11,148 posts)There is blood in the water and more sharks are going to follow.
calimary
(90,415 posts)From what I’ve read, sharks can always find blood, no matter how small a drop it might be.
travelingthrulife
(5,420 posts)Not done deliberately. Right.
Coolgoober
(376 posts)
Wednesdays
(22,886 posts)Maybe you could help us to elect Democrats now, Tuck?
I won't hold my breath, though.
surfered
(13,892 posts)edhopper
(37,433 posts)and he still supports the Repuke agenda 100%.
So just fuck off.
Baitball Blogger
(52,552 posts)will be right there to escort him down the same path.
Johnny2X2X
(24,347 posts)Give me a break. They still Love most of his policies and will defend them no matter how disastrous.
JT45242
(4,072 posts)Both are paid chaos agents of putin
CTyankee
(68,330 posts)I AM SO GLAD I AM A DEMOCRAT!!!
That is all...
SergeStorms
(20,717 posts)Bullshit. The Carlson boys have no consciences or else they wouldn't be republicans.
Bluetus
(2,976 posts)A person who voted for Trump and never went to a rally or advocated the MAGA philosophy might have a claim to a "very small" role. But this guy has been promoting Trump on a daily basis to millions of followers for 16 years nonstop.
Tucker, go back and try again, once you really understand what you have done to this country.
hamsterjill
(17,680 posts)Sorry, Tucker. It's all well and good that you want to apologize. But that does not mean that I will ever forget what you, Candace Owens, MTG, etc. did that contributed to the mess that we are in.
If they can help our cause in any way, then I'm all for it. But we must NEVER forget who they are or believe that they are truly on our side. They flow with the tide and they will go back to supporting MAGA at any given moment - as long as doing that would suit their causes and their pocketbooks.
republianmushroom
(22,484 posts)You lied for power and prestige and you still are lying.
usonian
(26,065 posts)
MW67
(201 posts)How would it be unintentional?
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,459 posts)
AZ8theist
(7,493 posts)You're still an anti-vaccine, anti-evolution, anti-science, anti-humanist DOUCHBAG!!!
GO FUCK YOURSELF
Only a fucking grifting, opportunist MORON thinks Dotard will be loyal to ANYONE for even 1 second.
Unless you kiss his ass constantly, he'll turn on you in a heartbeat.
So now that Dotard is critisizing you, it's time to "appologize"??????
GO FUCK YOURSELF.
Icanthinkformyself
(408 posts)intentional. They and the other right wing 'influencers' knew what and who the Convicted Felon is and was. If they didn't it was intentional ignorance.
2MuchNoise
(808 posts)
orleans
(37,085 posts)we should forgive tucker, maybe all the rest of them, let bygones be bygones, give them big hugs, be their friends again, and to show how much we forgive them we should buy them all pizzas or buckets of kfc or big macs.
obviously im kidding.
we should not forgive any of them or simply "move on"
i don't care what their excuses are (stupidity, indifference, selfishness, cruelty, greed, etc).
how much money did that weasel carlson make off all the work he did for trump?
if he did grow a conscience then i hope it torments the hell out of him forever more.
"that's all i'll say."
really? he should be apologizing forever.
fuck him
marble falls
(72,275 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,573 posts)the next popular fascist nut
blue-wave
(5,411 posts)And I will never forgive Carlson for the hate he spewed at Ukraine and the love he showed for Putin and Orban (He interviewed both). He can take his Orc loving ass and move it to Siberia for all I care.
Here's an excerpt from an article outlining Carlson's anti-Ukraine propaganda:
Tucker Carlson’s history of pro-Kremlin, anti-Ukraine propaganda
Read More: https://www.mediamatters.org/russias-invasion-ukraine/tucker-carlsons-history-pro-kremlin-anti-ukraine-propaganda
mitch96
(15,852 posts)
Grins
(9,492 posts)
EarthFirst
(4,199 posts)Do us a favor; renounce your citizenship and go back to Moscow.
Aristus
(72,372 posts)They're going to dump Tuck.
pat_k
(13,546 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:22 PM - Edit history (1)
Added on edit:
I should also mention that Carlson is viewed, at least but some whose analyses I respect, as a proxy channel for Putin:
https://america2.news/the-unraveling-of-donald-trump/
AStern
(888 posts)nt
returnee
(951 posts)…re-declares himself as a sociopathic opportunist. We know you never mean what you say, but at least we know you can read the writing on the wall.
AverageOldGuy
(4,035 posts). . . . drive down to West Virginia to the New River Gorge. Stop your car about halfway across the bridge, get out, and jump the fuck off the bridge . . . it's not a problem except for that sudden stop 876 feet down.
turbinetree
(27,614 posts) 
JHB
(38,279 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
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COL Mustard
(8,323 posts)You had ten years--TEN YEARS--to recognize the monster you helped create and now you want to have forgiveness? FUCK YOU.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,612 posts)It's lame sauce.
BigmanPigman
(55,386 posts)Aussie105
(8,076 posts)An apology that he thinks clears the slate?
And buys him a all is forgiven fresh start?
He bought into the Trump train because it suited him, saw profit in it.
He no longer does.
Smells like a member of the Nazi party denying his past after WW2 ended.
If only apologies were that powerful!
All this apology will do is remind people what a truly horrible person he is.
purr-rat beauty
(1,323 posts)Tuck can go fuck himself
Along with Minge, Fuentes, Melanoma, and any other enabling zealot.
Crowman2009
(3,574 posts)Apology not accepted.
Rhiannon12866
(257,312 posts)Former Fox anchor and far-right media personality Tucker Carlson says he's sorry for helping re-elect Donald Trump. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Angelo Carusone and Tim Miller for reaction on Deadline: White House. - Aired on 04/21/2026.
KitFox
(590 posts)Tucker’s self-serving reasons for this. He really is settling into a Father Coughlin type demagogue role, staking out that position to solidify himself with the maga loyalists. Gives me the creeps. Always appreciate your video postings, Rhiannon.
Rhiannon12866
(257,312 posts) 
Javaman
(65,928 posts)He’s angling for a prez run
Martin68
(27,945 posts)LogDog75
(1,323 posts)You knew all along who and what the Orange Turd is and you kissed his ass because it made you money. Now, with over half the population against him and his MAGA followers turning away from him you're trying to figure out a new way to make off him by being against him. Just like the Orange Turd, Carlson is nothing but a grifter. Anyone stupid enough to give either of them money should be wearing a bright red "S" for SUCKER on their foreheads.
Aussie105
(8,076 posts)That is the bottom line.
Anything that wasn't kosher on a morality or ethics level just didn't come into it.
Tucker has lost that income stream and is now searching for a new one.
Blumancru
(286 posts)And a villain switches sides every so often, just to keep the viewers interested.
Carlson is an opportunist and he has apparently concluded that opportunity now lies elsewhere.