Punk vs. Punk
Tucker Carlson, aka The Most Punchable Guy on Television, had Michael Avenatti on his show this evening. I don’t watch Tucker Carlson’s show, but it’s clear from the interview that Carlson has been calling Avenatti a “Creepy Porn Lawyer” for months. They apparently struck a bargain by which Carlson would not use that term during the interview.
So Carlson screwed up his face the way he does, in what Ken White calls the “spaniel-doing-calculus face,” and told Avenatti that he didn’t want to call him names. He wanted to take him seriously. And for the vast majority of their 13-minute interview, Carlson acted like an immature whiny punk while the chyron did the insulting he had promised he wouldn’t do:
I’m not linking the video. It’s what Tucker and Fox News want. It’s bad enough that I wasted nearly a quarter hour of my life watching it myself. I would feel wrong inflicting that on you too.
I’ll just say this: I can’t stand Michael Avenatti. The fact that a clown like him is considering running for President is a further illustration of what a crap electorate we have. The fact that he could be taken seriously by anyone is an indictment of America.
And so:
Just imagine what an amazingly annoying punk you have to be to make Michael Freaking Avenatti look like the adult in the room.
P.S. Fox News cut off the end of the interview, where Tucker calls Avenatti “creepy porn lawyer.” So here it is:
Tucker slut shames Stormy Daniels for still working in strip clubs, smears Avenatti for letting her work as a stripper while he represents her, then abruptly ends interview by insulting Avenatti as a "creepy porn lawyer."
Completely disgusting performance from @TuckerCarlson. pic.twitter.com/RpGgbyuMx2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 14, 2018
[Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.]