Tucker Carlson

Who is Tucker Carlson?

Tucker Carlson is an American political commentator, television presenter and writer. He has been hosting “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” a nightly political talk program, on Fox News since 2016.

Tucker Carlson Net Worth

Tucker Carlson’s Net Worth is $420 Million US Dollars. Tucker Carlson is the highest-paid and richest television host in the world thanks to his $36 million annual compensation from Fox News. The nightly political chat program Tucker Carlson Tonight has been hosted by American television broadcaster and conservative political analyst Tucker Carlson.

Net Worth in 2022$420 Million
Net Worth in 2021$397 Million
Net Worth in 2020$361 Million
Tucker Carlson Net Worth Summary

Tucker Carlson Salary

Tucker Carlson earns a heavy paycheck of $36 million from Fox News for his hit TV Show ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight. Tucker Carlson is an American political commentator, television presenter, and writer. He has been hosting “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” a nightly political talk program, on Fox News since 2016.

Year20222023
Tucker Carlson Salary$35 million $36 million
Tucker Carlson Salary 2022/23

Tucker Carlson Age

Tucker Carlson was born on May 16, 1969. he is 53 years old as of 2023. Every year he celebrates his birthday with close friends and family

Tucker Carlson Height

Carlson is approximately 62 kg and 5 feet 5 inches tall. He has blonde hair and brown eyes.

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Tucker Carlson Family | Parents & Siblings

Carlson is the son of Richard Warner Carlson. Richard is the Voice of America’s director and a former “gonzo reporter.” He served as the ambassador of the United States to Seychelles and as president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Artist Lisa McNear was his mother.

Additionally, he has a brother named Buckley Peck Carlson who is only a few years younger than him. After a nine-year marriage, his parents got divorced, and Carlson’s father was given custody of Tucker and his brother. Later, in 1979, his father wed Patricia Caroline Swanson, a divorcee, and heiress to Swanson Enterprises.

Tucker Carlson Wife

Carlson is married to Susan Andrews Carlson whom she met while in high school at St. George’s School. In 1991, they got hitched in the high school chapel.

Tucker Carlson Children

Andrews and her husband Tucker Carlson have three daughters Lillie Carlson, Dorothy Carlson, and Hopie Carlson, and a son called Buckley Carlson.

Tucker Carlson Career Background

Fox News Channel (2009–present)

Carlson was hired as a Fox News contributor in May 2009, according to Fox News. He was a frequent guest panelist on Fox’s late-night satire show Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld, made frequent appearances on Special Report with Bret Baier‘s All-Star Panel segment, was a Hannity substitute host in Sean Hannity‘s absence, and produced and hosted a special called Fighting for Our Children’s Minds in September 2010.

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Carlson released a 2007 video clip of then-Senator Obama criticizing the federal government’s reaction to Hurricane Katrina and admiring his pastor at the time, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, on the day of then-President Barack Obama’s first debate with Mitt Romney in October 2012. Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was marred by controversy over Wright’s sermons. Since 2007, parts of the video had been available online. For a week before Carlson distributed the tape, an unidentified user is known only as “Sore Throat” (a play on legendary Watergate leaker Deep Throat) was hunting for a buyer.

Media outside journalism (2006–2008)

Carlson appeared on season 3 of the reality show Dancing with the Stars in 2006, where he was paired with professional dancer Elena Grinenko. Carlson prepared by attending four-hour-a-day ballroom dance courses. He bemoaned missing classes during a two-week MSNBC assignment in Lebanon in an interview a month before the episode premiered, stating, “It’s hard for me to recall the moves.” Carlson stated he accepted the request to perform from ABC because he enjoys performing “I don’t frequently do things that I’m not particularly good at. I’m really excited to be able to do that.” On September 13, 2006, Carlson was the first contestant to be eliminated.

Carlson made cameo cameos in 30 Rock’s Season 1 episode “Hard Ball” and The King of Queens Season 9 episode as himself. In the 2008 film Swing Vote, he played himself again in a cameo role.

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MSNBC (2005–2008)

On June 13, 2005, Carlson’s early evening show, Tucker (formerly titled The Situation With Tucker Carlson), debuted on MSNBC. On a rotating panel, Rachel Maddow and Jay Severin were guests. During the 2006 Winter Olympics, he also hosted a late-afternoon weekday wrap-up for the network. During the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, he reported live for Tucker from Haifa, Israel. He also hosted MSNBC Special Report: Mideast Crisis while in the Middle East. In 2007, Carlson covered the aftermaths of the Virginia Tech and Johnson Space Center shootings.

Due to low ratings, the network canceled Tucker on March 10, 2008, and the final episode aired on March 14, 2008. For the 2008 election, he continued with the network as a senior campaign journalist. According to Brian Stelter of The New York Times, “MSNBC’s nighttime programming shifted to the left during Mr. Carlson’s tenure. Two leftists, Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow took over his former time slots at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., respectively.” Carlson stated that the network has undergone significant changes and that “they didn’t have a job for me.”

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