Former Fox News television host Tucker Carlson has scored an interview with fellow cable news icon and fired Fox host Bill O’Reilly, which is set to go live at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Carlson made the announcement in a video posted to X/Twitter on Wednesday. The video will be released on the platform later tonight.
The timing happens to coincide with a debate hosted by Fox Business for the Republican presidential primary. Carlson had previously dropped an exclusive interview with former president Donald Trump during a Fox debate, snatching attention from the network.
8:30pm ET pic.twitter.com/JwDhkCQHAO
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 27, 2023
Carlson took over O’Reilly’s timeslot in 2017, following the latter’s dismissal.
“For 20 years you have trusted Bill O’Reilly to be straight with you, to tell you what others won’t tell you,” Carlson said at the time. “We hope to earn that same trust, we’re gonna try as hard as we can.”
Carlson and longtime friend and business partner Neil Patel are reportedly planning a new media company that will use Twitter as its backbone, according to a new report published today.
Carlson has been largely silent about his greater plans since being fired by Fox News earlier this year, limiting public knowledge about his plans to the “Tucker on Twitter” monologues and interviews he has posted on the platform.
Now, The Wall Street Journal claims individuals with knowledge of the plan said Carlson will once again team with Patel – the two were college roommates and eventually launched The Daily Caller together – to raise “hundreds of millions of dollars” for a new media company that will prioritize Twitter for its distribution.
Watch the full interview on X:
Ep. 26 The Bill O'Reilly Interview pic.twitter.com/yHabD7W9NO
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 28, 2023
