Fox News star Tucker Carlson took aim at several political commentators during a recent sit-down interview with University of Chicago journalism student Daniel Schmidt.
Carlson appeared on Schmidt’s “Piece of Schmidt” podcast. Carlson also shared some thoughts on why he hates college and why he thinks his detractors hate him.
The Fox News host told Schmidt that he’s against college and even tried to convince all four of his children not to attend. Carlson said there are abundant objective data that shows that college is not a good choice for a lot of people.
“I was just an abashed loser in college. I was just drunk every day and it took me years to recover from it,” Carlson said. “I should never have gone to college, my parents didn’t go, my brother didn’t really go. In my family there was a premium on reading and college was not considered an impressive option.”
Schmidt told Carlson a story about the time the university brought in Dispatch Senior Editor David French, Dispatch Editor-in-Chief Jonah Goldberg, and political commentator Bill Kristol to engage with members of his class for a lecture and subsequent Q&A session.
“As soon as I brought up your name, he (French) looked at me and cut me off instantly and said Tucker Carlson is a white nationalist, and just like filibustered for 10 minutes straight,” he added.
Schmidt asked Carlson why people like French, Kristol, and Goldberg despise him.
“I know all of those people from my previous life,” Carlson said. “I never had any problem with them. I know them well enough to know the limits of their intellect. I do think imposter syndrome plays a role here as well.”
Carlson went on to mention other names of people he “detests” but said some of them are smarter than him.
“Andrew Sullivan, who I detest as a person, I think he’s a genuinely bad person but he’s really smart.”
Carlson told Schmidt his best advice that he can give is to find beauty in life, marry young and have children, and read lots of books.
