'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, were implicated in this, for sure, said Carlson to his brother on The Tucker Carlson Show. Its not enough to say, Well I changed my mind, or like, Oh this is bad, Im out. Its 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 its like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, well be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say Im sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. Thats all Ill 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 presidents 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?
yardwork
(69,469 posts)It's more twisted propaganda.
ToxMarz
(2,997 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
(35,302 posts)Too bad.
calimary
(90,352 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. Theres 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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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 theyve 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 hes very into his Catholic faith and very upset about Israel & US murdering & starving children.
Its 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
(79,136 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,454 posts)Look at me! I knew it all along!
sop
(18,909 posts)magicarpet
(18,945 posts)NCDem47
(3,487 posts)wnylib
(26,240 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
(3,810 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
(18,945 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
(23,253 posts)Botany
(77,573 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 Orbans ass as he was using Russian and Hungarian money to
prop up right wing disinformation American organizations such as CPAC.
Initech
(108,972 posts)And he was one of the chief spreaders of misinformation along with Alex Jones.
Botany
(77,573 posts)
to be inside the News Corp Building you had to have been vaccinated. He now needs to just
go away forever but he wont.
johnnyfins
(3,863 posts)his own run at POTUS in 2028. He will be the alternative fascist to the Trump Regime. You can bet on that.
FakeNoose
(41,977 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
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Lemon Lyman
(1,612 posts)No f'ing way!
All of you goons are attached to him at the hip. You 're not getting off the hook.
magicarpet
(18,945 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
(18,945 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
(90,352 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
(6,516 posts)
magicarpet
(18,945 posts)Wonder Why
(7,153 posts)Scrivener7
(59,832 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
(18,917 posts)They propped him up anyway. If the only thing now is skyrocketing fuel prices, its not much of a tantrum.
Scrivener7
(59,832 posts)BradBo
(1,038 posts)Your and your brother are scum. This is a slow motion tragedy happing before our eyes and your at fault idiot.
barbtries
(31,322 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
(41,977 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 presbyterys 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
(41,977 posts)He's a brother from another mother....
What a world we live in!
UpInArms
(55,097 posts)Can fuck himself all the way off the planet
kacekwl
(9,200 posts)FBI Director when he fires Patel. Then he'll be back to worship the idiot.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,306 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
(10,249 posts)All of these fuckers are phony,including Traitor Green.
jfz9580m
(17,420 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
(7,483 posts)They always default back to supporting him or the publican party.
It doesnt matter if Megan McCains fathers memory is attacked by trump, she got over it and supported him anyway. It also doesnt 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
(17,420 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
(13,900 posts)It 's all about the money.
CaptainTruth
(8,231 posts)Vogon_Glory
(10,326 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: hes still well-off. He isnt going to hurt that badly. The other millions cant say the same.
My cup of compassion is bone-dry.
Norrrm
(5,269 posts)Vogon_Glory
(10,326 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.
Theres still a part of me thats a Cold Warrior, even if the Commies arent a threat anymore. Being that sort of tool is inexcusable.
OhioBack2Blue
(151 posts)Vogon_Glory
(10,326 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
(18,917 posts)This insanity.
If he doesnt, hes just another grifter setting up to make bank the next election.
CurtEastPoint
(20,063 posts)so Fucker named his own spawn Buckley.
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jmbar2
(8,050 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
(133,155 posts)"tormented"??? WTAF are you doing to fix the harm you helped cause, because just saying "tormented" does not do one damned thing.
JohnnyRingo
(20,932 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
(22,839 posts)calimary
(90,352 posts)Youve said what Im feeling.
agingdem
(8,930 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:18 AM - Edit history (1)
its basically I pissed off Trump/he revenge-targeted me/Trumps poll numbers are in the toilet so its safe for me to go into fake contrition mode even though I still hate everyone Trump hates..
CTyankee
(68,302 posts)bluedigger
(17,439 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,015 posts)coffeenap
(3,297 posts)WestMichRad
(3,316 posts)PJMcK
(25,061 posts)She wrote an open letter to Marjorie Taylor Green blasting the Congresswoman when she disavowed Trump.
So
youve 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 youre shocked that hes attacking you, endangering you, calling you a traitor. As if you didnt know he had it in him. Puh-lease.
Heres the part you dont get to skip:
You helped create this monster. You fed it. You protected it. You celebrated it. And now that its finally turning on you, you want sympathy? Understanding? A moment of national concern?
No. Absolutely not. NOPE.
You dont get to unleash political poison into the bloodstream of American politics and then act surprised when it reaches your own veins. You dont 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 dont get to empower a movement built on conspiracy, cruelty, and violence, and then cry foul when you become its latest target.
Heres 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
(90,352 posts)SamuelAdams
(89 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
(11,384 posts)Was and still is a huge liar and hypocrite and I pray that he is not our next President.
JoseBalow
(9,608 posts)Fuck you
Emile
(42,675 posts)years wasn't enough to convince him.
Gore1FL
(22,965 posts)PatSeg
(53,254 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
(28,520 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,842 posts)
Grim Chieftain
(1,886 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
(11,137 posts)There is blood in the water and more sharks are going to follow.
calimary
(90,352 posts)From what Ive read, sharks can always find blood, no matter how small a drop it might be.
travelingthrulife
(5,368 posts)Not done deliberately. Right.
Coolgoober
(372 posts)Wednesdays
(22,839 posts)Maybe you could help us to elect Democrats now, Tuck?
I won't hold my breath, though.
surfered
(13,814 posts)edhopper
(37,413 posts)and he still supports the Repuke agenda 100%.
So just fuck off.
Baitball Blogger
(52,518 posts)will be right there to escort him down the same path.
Johnny2X2X
(24,331 posts)Give me a break. They still Love most of his policies and will defend them no matter how disastrous.
JT45242
(4,067 posts)Both are paid chaos agents of putin
CTyankee
(68,302 posts)I AM SO GLAD I AM A DEMOCRAT!!!
That is all...
SergeStorms
(20,692 posts)Bullshit. The Carlson boys have no consciences or else they wouldn't be republicans.
Bluetus
(2,953 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
(17,666 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
(22,449 posts)You lied for power and prestige and you still are lying.
usonian
(25,921 posts)
MW67
(198 posts)How would it be unintentional?
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,445 posts)AZ8theist
(7,477 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
(403 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
(793 posts)orleans
(37,043 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
(72,200 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,560 posts)the next popular fascist nut
blue-wave
(5,369 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 Carlsons 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
(15,847 posts)Grins
(9,482 posts)EarthFirst
(4,192 posts)Do us a favor; renounce your citizenship and go back to Moscow.
Aristus
(72,321 posts)They're going to dump Tuck.
pat_k
(13,531 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
(949 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
(4,008 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
(27,613 posts)JHB
(38,265 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
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COL Mustard
(8,306 posts)You had ten years--TEN YEARS--to recognize the monster you helped create and now you want to have forgiveness? FUCK YOU.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,610 posts)It's lame sauce.
BigmanPigman
(55,323 posts)Aussie105
(8,040 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
(1,306 posts)Tuck can go fuck himself
Along with Minge, Fuentes, Melanoma, and any other enabling zealot.
Crowman2009
(3,569 posts)Apology not accepted.
Rhiannon12866
(256,983 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.
Javaman
(65,884 posts)Hes angling for a prez run