Far-right commentator Tucker Carlson said former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is not actually gay in a conversation with fellow conservative media personality Michael Knowles on “The Tucker Carlson Show.”
Carlson interjected when Knowles mentioned Buttigieg on his show, saying, “The fake gay guy?”
“My gay producer was always like, ‘He’s not gay.’ He was with a girl like 20 minutes ago and, like, he wants to be the Democratic nominee. It’s like, time for a gay guy!”
“It’s playing the long game,” Knowles said, laughing.
“Well, it’s suffering for your art. I’ll say that,” Carlson replied.
The two commentators went on to discuss Buttigieg being a master “careerist” in order to get ahead politically — including his stint as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. They claimed he found a “benighted Midwestern town” to become mayor of. “The town kind of sucks actually, he didn’t do a good job,” Carlson said.
Buttigieg was born in South Bend.
Carlson said that he’s “always wanted to interview [Buttigieg],” but that Buttigieg has “never agreed” to it.
“I’m going to ask him, like, some very specific questions about gay sex and see if he can even answer,” Carlson said about a potential interview with Buttigieg. “I doubt he even knows.”
“You’re not gay, dude. Stop,” he added.
