Fox News sourpuss Tucker Carlson went on another strange rant Friday night, in which he misrepresented the current uprising against endemic racism in American society as the work of “looters and rioters.”
After sneering at “cynical, soulless, craven corporations” that have donated money to organizational efforts, Carlson hilariously called out celebrities who have also cut a check. With his grouchy, faux-alarmed face in one rectangle and an image of flames in another, names like Steve Carell, Don Cheadle, Harry Styles, Seth Rogen, Patton Oswalt, Cynthia Nixon, Rob Delaney, Kehlani, Nick Kroll and others scrolled by alongside their pictures.
Surely those watching at home must have dropped their monocles in their soup to learn that Janelle Monae and Colin Kaepernick are donating money. I hope they had a defibrillator on hand.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds got a shout-out (though no pic!) for giving $200,000 to the NAACP’s legal defense fund, and Lil Nas X was chastised for urging his followers to give to bail funds after Carlson stated that the rapper was culpable for inciting riots.
Best, though, was seeing Chrissy Teigen’s name fly by twice, misspelled both times.
You can watch for yourself below.
Many people who give money have misgivings about trumpeting the act too widely. There is a certain nobility in making a donation and keeping it anonymous. There is, however, the added dimension with celebrities. If the cast of Brooklyn 99 acts, it may cause fans of that show to think differently about police tactics and institutional injustice. It may even inspire them to cough up a few bucks themselves, despite Carlson’s to-the-fainting-couch suggestion that the new incarcerated are “people who may very well have attacked those [that Brooklyn 99 cast members] portray on TV!”
To that end, the celebs in this weird-looking, greatest hits record-style clip owe Tucker and Fox News a big thank you.
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