US EditionBen Shapiro, Megyn Kelly spar over Tucker Carlson
The interview with Fuentes caused division in conservative media, with Ben Shapiro and Megyn Kelly criticizing Carlson’s approach to platforming extremist views.
- On Thursday, Ben Shapiro joined Megyn Kelly on her SiriusXM stage to address conservative media disputes after Kelly questioned Tucker Carlson's platforming of white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
- Tucker Carlson's decision to host Nick Fuentes last week prompted condemnation across conservative media, and Ben Shapiro said their feud escalated after Carlson went easy on Fuentes during a sit-down last month.
- Fuentes's past remarks, including a call for a 'total Aryan victory,' illustrate his violent, racist rhetoric, while Tucker Carlson defended his interview, saying he wanted to 'understand what people think.'
- Plans to collaborate unraveled after the Fuentes interview, as cooperation between Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson disintegrated and the MAGA movement split over normalizing Fuentes.
- New footage and social posts from November 8 and November 7, 2025 have kept the debate active, and Ben Shapiro vowed to confront antisemitic and anti‑American rhetoric head-on.
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Ben Shapiro, Megyn Kelly spar over Tucker Carlson
Conservative media pundits Ben Shapiro and Megyn Kelly sparred this week over an interview Tucker Carlson conducted with white nationalist Nick Fuentes — and other commentary Carlson has made on his online podcast. “If I see somebody breach basic moral values by having on a Nazi, in my own view, gloss the Nazi, then I’m…
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