Tucker Carlson Endorses Men Tanning Their Testicles In Bizarre New Special

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has recently come out with a new special titled The End of Men, in which Carlson bemoans the lack of "manly" men in today's society and apparently wants to bring back an era of shirtless, hunky dudes.

I promise you are not prepared for Tucker's latest montage pic.twitter.com/8tdvYTW2cn

— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) April 16, 2022

The trailer for the special struck many as suspiciously homoerotic, but one image stood out: a naked man standing on some rocks in front of some device that was shining a light on his genitals.

This, it turns out, is the practice of "testicular tanning," in which men place their testicles under infrared lighting in order to supposedly boost testosterone levels. In the special, Carlson interviews "fitness professional" Andrew McGovern, who describes testicle tanning as a sort of "bromeopathic" therapy.

"It’s testicle tanning," said McGovern, "but it’s also full body red light therapy, which has a massive amount of benefits. And there’s so much data out there, that isn’t being picked up on or covered."

"So, obviously, half the viewers right now are like ‘What?! Testicle tanning, that’s crazy!'" said Carlson, "but my view is, OK, testosterone levels have crashed and nobody says anything about it, that’s crazy, so why is it crazy to seek solutions?"

In his new special on how to raise testosterone levels in men, Tucker Carlson’s guest suggests “testicle tanning” using infrared light as a “bromeopathic” therapy. pic.twitter.com/PirerBMRyr

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 17, 2022

In a subsequent episode of his program, Carlson talks to musician and recent conservative celebrity Kid Rock to try and hype up testicular tanning, but Mr. Rock seems absolutely flabbergasted by the concept.

Next guest up for Tucker is Kid Rock, who seems befuddled by the previous segment on testicle tanning. Tucker tries to get him to take it seriously, but even Kid is confused. pic.twitter.com/UFowYYFvdZ

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 17, 2022

Much of social media felt the same as Kid Rock, as Twitter users expressed their confusion and delight at the bizarre concept being pushed by Tucker Carlson, while medical professionals highly doubted McGovern's claim that there was "so much data" out there about the benefits of infrared light exposure on testosterone levels.

THERE IS NOT "SO MUCH DATA" ON TESTICLE TANNING. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DATA ON TESTICLE TANNING.
-your friendly local board certified Urologist https://t.co/IhQb4Aqqf0

— Ashley Winter MD || Urologist (@AshleyGWinter) April 17, 2022

Testicle tanning is some weak, beta male shit. You gotta go full Alpha and go straight to the source; just put your balls right into the microwave. https://t.co/e7litKmsD0

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) April 18, 2022

I think I overdid it on the testicle tanning pic.twitter.com/U1AS18BVtE

— Mister Race Bannon (@MrRaceBannon) April 18, 2022

As a physician, I do not recommend testicle tanning. I also do not recommend listening to Tucker Carlson. These events appear to be directly related.

— Anonymous MD (@Dr_Anonymous33) April 18, 2022

This is not the first time Tucker Carlson has made testicles a focus of his journalism. Last year, Carlson was at the head of the media hunt for Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend, who the rapper said got swollen testicles from the COVID-19 vaccine, though that story turned out to be a load of junk.