Media Matters For America (MMFA) released behind-the-scenes videos of Tucker Carlson that were meant to embarrass him … and it backfired spectacularly.
The videos were posted to social media by Matthew Gertz, a senior fellow for the extreme leftist blog.
Gertz describes some of the content of the clips as “creepy” as Carlson speaks off-air while preparing for an interview with Piers Morgan.
What was meant to be mortifying for Carlson and portray him in a negative light turned into absolute hilarity when, in one of the clips posted by Gertz, the former Fox News host tells MMFA to “go f*** yourself.*
The video shows him mentioning that somebody’s girlfriend is “yummy” before stating he is “just kidding, in case this is being pulled off the bird.”
“Hey, Media Matters for America, go fuck yourself!” he then declares flipping a double bird. “That’s the first thing I want to say tonight.”
2. After describing an unnamed woman to someone off camera as “yummy,” Carlson says, “just kidding, in case this is being pulled off the bird… Hey, Media Matters for America, go fuck yourself!” pic.twitter.com/xxefGaW9SX
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 2, 2023
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Tucker Carlson Hammers Media Matters In Their Own ‘Bombshell’ Video
Carlson then notes that the second thing he’d like to say is that he’s “totally kidding, I don’t even know what his girlfriend looks like, and if I did, I would not find her yummy.”
So what you’ve got is some incredibly tame locker room talk and a disclaimer from Tucker Carlson noting that he’s kidding because he knows places like Media Matters would take it out of context.
And the second they get their hands on it, Gertz … posts it and takes it completely out of context.
Media Matters likes to own themselves rather often. Their staff of top-notch bloggers sit around all day and watch Fox News then interpret what they’ve seen for their low-information viewers. And the results are usually just like this – a whole lot of nothing.
In another clip, Carlson jokes about discussing sexual “technique” with Morgan.
“If we’re going to talk about sex, I’d love to hit some of the fine points of technique, but, you know, but it’s your show,” he quips. “It’s totally up to you.”
“We can certainly talk about your sexual technique, especially after your tanning testicles last week,” Morgan hilariously fires back.
1. Prepping for an interview with Piers Morgan, Carlson tells the host, “If we’re going to talk about sex, I’d love to hit some of the fine points of technique”
Morgan replies, “We can certainly talk about your sexual technique, especially after your tanning testicles last week” pic.twitter.com/q41FGWujn8
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 2, 2023
In a third video, Carlson jokes that he never knows quite what to make of his appearance and cracks that he waits “for my postmenopausal fans to weigh in on that.”
Oh no! You’ve got him now, Media Matters! How will he ever recover from these bombshell videos?
On Monday, the outfit released another behind-the-scenes video showing the former Fox News host complaining about the network’s streaming service Fox Nation.
In that clip, Carlson states the service “sucks” and has a poorly functioning website. Which, if you’ve ever used Fox Nation, is undeniably accurate.
3. On-set, Carlson tells someone off-camera, “I can never assess my appearance. I wait for my postmenopausal fans to weigh in on that.” pic.twitter.com/GmuwSomWDI
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 2, 2023
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Viewers Rip Media Matters
Viewers couldn’t help but mock Media Matters and Gertz for their big bombshell video release meant to smear Tucker Carlson.
“Why would you tweet this self-own?” the Daily Signal replied.
“Are you aware that everything you are posting about Tucker Carlson is just making him look cooler?” added political commentator Greg Price.
Media Matters should take Tucker’s advice.
— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) May 2, 2023
Pundit Matt Dawson added, “I didn’t like Tucker Carlson until I saw these clips, now he seems ok.”
Most of the replies suggested Media Matters take Carlson’s advice.
Media Matter @mmfa is nothing more than a sleazy tabloid, always has been! I really think the effects of these Tucker Carlson leaks are not working as you intended, they actually make Tucker seem more human, funny and likable! People are loving it!
— Cristi Steel (@CristiSteel) May 2, 2023
One has to wonder who is leaking these video clips to Media Matters of all places. It’s almost as if some interns at Fox News are messing with them, sending the videos and snickering about how it’s going to backfire.
It’s rather obvious Media Matters was trying to use the locker room banter about ‘sexual technique’ and a ‘yummy’ girlfriend to capitalize off reports that suggest Carlson was fired by Fox News over “misogynistic” comments made to a former producer.
Instead, it was Media Matters that came off looking like fools.
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