Tucker Carlson is a conservative political analyst from the United States. Since 2016, he has presented the nightly political discussion show ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. Carlson began his career as a print journalist in the 1990s, contributing to publications such as The Weekly Standard.
Childhood
Tucker was born in San Francisco but spent the majority of his childhood in Southern California. His father, Richard Warner Carlson, was a Los Angeles news anchor and ambassador to Seychelles. Tucker’s mother abandoned the family when he was only six. Richard Tucker married Patricia Caroline Swanson when Tucker was ten years old.
Patricia inherited an extraordinary fortune from her grandfather Carl A. Swanson, founder of the Swanson frozen foods corporation. He attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in history.
Success
He began his career as a journalist in print, contributing to journals such as Policy Review and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He then found work as a columnist for publications such as Reader’s Digest and New York Magazine.
Additionally, he has been featured in publications such as Esquire, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, and The Daily Beast. Carlson began his television career as a co-host of CNN’s panel debate show Crossfire.
Carlson often took the right-wing perspective on this show. His most illustrious work during this time period was during a controversial interview with comedian Jon Stewart, which many experts feel directly resulted in Crossfire’s demise shortly thereafter.
Carlson has since secured positions at both CNN’s chief competitors, MSNBC and, most recently, Fox News. Carlson was famous for many years not only for his occasionally quirky conservative beliefs but also for his signature bow tie. When a bow tie was worn, it was frequently referred to as “the Tucker Carlson look.”
Tucker takes over the position left vacant by Bill O’Reilly following his firing from Fox News in 2017. Tucker reportedly received a $10 million book contract shortly thereafter. His show is the highest-rated cable news program in its time slot on a consistent basis. Tucker has more viewers than his CNN and MSNBC peers combined, with an average nightly viewership of 3.4 million.
Everyday Caller
Tucker co-founded DailyCaller.com, a right-wing news and opinion website, with Neil Patel in 2010. They marketed it as a more conservative alternative to The Huffington Post. Tucker sold his 1/3 ownership to Patel for an unknown sum in June 2020.
Private Life
Since 1991, Tucker has been married to Susan Andrews. They met (and later married) in the chapel of St. George School in Middletown, Rhode Island, a boarding high school. They are the parents of four children.
Tucker and his brother Buckley have been entangled in a legal battle over their separated mother’s fortune for nearly a decade. Lisa Vaughn, their mother, was the benefactor of an oil and gas partnership with a combined total of 70,000 acres of land in rural areas of central California.
At one point, the brothers believed the royalty rights were worth a pittance of money, perhaps $125,000 at best. They soon discovered that the rights were worth at least $2.5 million. They sued their late mother’s inheritance, which expressly left a modest sum of $1 to each brother. According to reports, that litigation is still pending as of this writing.
Net Worth
Tucker Carlson is a political analyst, author, and television personality based in the United States. Tucker Carlson has an estimated net worth of $30 million. From 2000 through 2005, Tucker worked as a CNN analyst. He held a show on MSNBC from 2005 to 2008.
In 2009, he began working for Fox News. In 2016, he launched “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” a nightly discussion show. Tucker is also the co-founder of the website The Daily Caller. Additionally, he is a published novelist and columnist.
What Are the Favorite Quotes From Tucker Carlson?
“While some white individuals benefit from privilege, others do not. Certain segments of the black community are, while others are not. It strikes me as a racist attack by definition, in that it makes a generalization – a negative one – about skin color.” Carlson, T.C.
“Last night, I was up late on CNN yakking about the elections, and this morning, I was up early in my daughter’s kindergarten class doing the same thing.” Carlson, T.C. “Like long division or successfully rewiring a 220-volt electrical plug, competent English communication is not an inherent aptitude. It’s a skill that develops through time, possibly merely just the act of opening an old dictionary.” Carlson, T.C.
“Trump is a reaction to the Republican Party’s intellectual corruption, in part. This should be self-evident to his detractors, but it is not.” Carlson, T.C.
“Exploiting a man’s terrible death for political gain is about as low as it gets, isn’t it? Carlson, Tucker, You Go, Death Man, I believe – and I’m sure I’m not alone – that Iran is deserving of being annihilated. They are, in my opinion, nuts. They are, in my opinion, evil.” Carlson, T.C.
Residential Real Estate
Tucker and Susan downsized from a $4 million home to a $2 million property in Washington, D.C.’s Kent area in 2011. They sold the residence in November 2017 for $2.04 million. They purchased a second house in the same neighborhood for $3.895 million in July 2017.
They listed this home for $3.95 million in July 2020, a modest increase. They sold the home for the asking price within a month. Tucker paid $2.9 million for a property on Florida’s Gasparilla Island in early 2020.