Tucker Carlson "Celebrities Bailing Out Looters and Rioters" Video
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Tucker Carlson "Celebrities Bailing Out Looters and Rioters" is a viral video featuring a clip from a segment on the Fox News commentary series Tucker Carlson Tonight. In the segment, host Tucker Carlson criticizes celebrities and prominent public figures that have donated money to bail funds for those arrested during the 2020 George Floyd Protests against police brutality.
Origin
On June 5th, 2020, Fox News aired the segment in which Carlson criticizes celebrities as a series of photographs and names of the figures scrolls by on Carlson's left (shown below). The celebrities include Seth Rogen, Lil Nas X, Chrissy Teigen, Steve Carell and more.
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That day, Twitter user @Acyn tweeted the video with the caption "Tucker Carlson thinks he’s outing celebrities." The tweet received more than 16 million views, 123,000 likes and 32,000 retweets in less than three days (shown below).
Tucker Carlson thinks he’s outing celebrities pic.twitter.com/Xm8ie64rbF
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 6, 2020
That day, Lil Nas X tweeted[1] the video with the caption "this man just lied and told millions of people on national television that i was inciting riots. you can’t make this up." The tweet received more than 825,000 likes, 153,000 retweets and 9,400 comments in less than one week (shown below, left).
Seth Rogen responded to the video,[2] "I think when white supremacists are bothered by your actions, that’s probably a good thing." The tweet received more than 71,000 likes and 8,600 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center).
Rob Delaney responded,[3] "Tucker Carlson not enthused about my new collab with @CynthiaNixon, Antifa Virgin Dad: (I’d Like to Have) Sex in the City." The tweet received more than 9,600 likes and 440 retweets in less than two days (shown below, right).
On June 5th, writer Jesse McLaren tweeted a video edit of the segment, replacing the celebrities with absurd inclusions, including the Hamburglar. The post received more than 1.1 million views, 24,000 likes and 5,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below).
Several media outlets covered the video, including AV Club,[4] The Wrap,[5] The Mary Sue[6] and more.
I may have done some slight editing here. pic.twitter.com/O0Z4R7XgQ3
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) June 6, 2020
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External References
[1] Twitter – @LilNaxX's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @Sethrogen's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @robdelaney's Tweet
[4] The AV Club – Tucker Carlson ruthlessly outs celebrities as generous, cool
[5] The Wrap – Lil Nas X, Seth Rogen and Other Celebs Hit Back at Tucker Carlson for Disparaging Their Donations
[6] The Mary Sue – Tucker Carlson’s Attempt to Shame Celebrities for Donating to Bail Funds Backfires Wildly
