Tucker Carlson has vowed that nothing was off the table in his interview with Detroit rocker and conservative firebrand Kid Rock airing on Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Monday, and he’s already served up a helping on Twitter.
“Why haven’t you been canceled?” Carlson asks Kid Rock, 51, in an interview preview posted Saturday on Carlson’s Twitter account.
“I am uncancelable,” Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, responds while wearing a “We The People” hat.
“I’m not in bed with any big corporate things. At the end of the day, there’s nobody I’m beholden to — no record companies, no corporate interests, no nothing. You can’t cancel me,” Kid Rock said. “I love it when they try.”
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In another segment posted on Carlson’s Instagram page, Kid Rock defends former President Donald Trump‘s speaking style. “Trump speaks off the cuff, I understand what that’s like, sometimes you get it wrong,” said Kid Rock.
TMZ featured photographs of Carlson and Kid Rock hanging out at Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk restaurant in Nashville after the interview, noting that “things got pretty chummy off-camera.” Kid Rock took the microphone at one point and announced that Tucker was in the house, with the audience roaring back “USA” among other things.
In January, Kid Rock said he was hitting the road for what might be his last tour, but vowed not to perform at venues requiring the COVID-19 vaccination or face masks.
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The politically active musician slammed facilities for policing the pandemic in a video message posted on his social media accounts, telling fans that he eliminated Buffalo, New York,; Toronto and several other cities from his upcoming Bad Reputation tour, which kicks off April 6, because of their pandemic precautions.
His vow came days after the release of “We the People,” a fiery political anthem littered with criticisms of today’s sociopolitical climate.