Ben Shapiro blasts Tucker Carlson over Nick Fuentes interview

 

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Ben Shapiro blasts Tucker Carlson over Nick Fuentes interview

Dominick Mastrangelo

Mon, November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM GMT+1

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ben-shapiro-blasts-tucker-carlson-191435128.html

 

Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro ripped Tucker Carlson over an interview Carlson conducted last week with white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

 

“Tucker Carlson decided that it was important not only to host Fuentes but to smooth over his views, water them down and make them far more palatable to a normal audience,” Shapiro said on a recent episode of his podcast and online show. “This is what Tucker Carlson does for a living.”

 

Shapiro played for his audience clips of a series of sexist and racist comments Fuentes has made in recent years as part of his own online show, and noted Carlson did not press Fuentes about any of them.

 

The host separately criticized Carlson for his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and commentary about other controversial world leaders.

 

Carlson’s interview with Fuentes has become a flash point on the right, sparking controversy at the Heritage Foundation, which shook up its senior staff after its leader defended Carlson, saying a “venomous coalition attacking” the former Fox News host was “sowing division” and predicting the “attempt to cancel him will fail.”

 

Since leaving Fox News several years ago, Carlson has launched his own media company, campaigned for President Trump and rolled out a ticketed speaking tour promoting himself and his interview show.