‘SNL’ Weekend Update: Tucker Carlson Rages at Met Gala, Invents New Conspiracy
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On Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson got triggered by the Met Gala in New York on Monday and developed a conspiracy theory about one of the 50 states.
Carlson (Jeremy Culhane) grumbled about the annual fashion and fundraising event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che.
“Yes, come on, everybody, let’s all prance around in our $100,000 clown outfits and watch the American empire crumble,” he said. “What are we doing? What’s going on?”
“So, you didn’t like this year’s Met Gala?” Jost asked.
“No, I loved it,” Carlson replied sarcastically, “because when I go to a museum, I don’t want to talk about history. No, I want to look at the Rock in a skirt. Do you smell what the Rock is cooking? Because I do: it’s gender confusion. That’s the rule. That’s the goal now.”
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When Jost asked Carlson if there were any outfits he preferred, like Heidi Klum’s veiled statue, Carlson took the bait.
“The left has finally got what they’ve always wanted: they put the Statue of Liberty in burqa,” he said, quite amused with himself.
“What’s next: does the Chrysler Building become the anti-Chrysler Building?” he went on. “What are we doing? What’s going ? Is this the New York we want to live in, Colin?”
Jost then pointed out that Carlson lives in Maine, at which point the conservative commentator decided to create a conspiracy about his home state.