Roseanne Barr barks at Tucker Carlson about full-on vampires and the taste of human flesh
Tuesday night in Fort Worth, Texas, right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson welcomed 90s comedy icon Roseanne Barr to the stage. She was of a number of far-right conspiracy theorists, failed former news hosts and washed-up actors he has interviewed on his variety-styled Tucker Carlson Live Tour across America.The onetime Fox News personality is using the tour to promote his own Tucker Carlson Network, a $6-a-month digital subscription service. His other guests have been hawking books (failed former Fox News host Megyn Kelley), seeking elf-redemption (accused sexual abuser Russel Brand) and circling a soon-to-be failed vice-presidential run (Sen. J.D. Vance [R-OH]). Related Deplorables Roseanne Barr & Marjorie Taylor Greene called out for mocking a rape victim You are a horrible person for this vileness. Sexual assault is not a comedy skit. Barr was there to promote conspiracy theories. Your LGBTQ+ guide to Election 2024 Stay ahead of the 2024 Election with our newsletter that covers candidates, issues, and perspectives that matter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today After assuring Carlsons audience that everyone in Hollywood is gay as hell, the former Roseanne star rolled out a string of golden oldies in front of a crowd hungry for 90s nostalgia and Pizzagate-level paranoia.You know they eat babies, Barr blurted. Its unclear if they referred to Democrats, the Deep State or Hollywood executives who denied her a successful career after her racist, antisemitic, career-ending outbursts. That is not bullshit. Its true! she proclaimed. As Tucker Carlsons tour rolls on, headliner Roseanne Barr tells a cheering audience that the elites are eating babies and are vampires who drink blood and love the taste of human flesh but Trump is going to stop it. pic.twitter.com/ohLDmCm1It Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 27, 2024Then Carlson teed Barr up with a clickable contemporary reference conflating them with the Haitian immigrants allegedly overrunning America.So its not just the dogs and the cats? Not just the pets? Carlson asked, even though theres absolutely no evidence backing the racist anti-immigrant claim.Barr was off and running.Its not just the dogs and the cats, she said. There are full-on vampires! And everybody still thinks Im crazy. But Im not crazy. Theyre full-on vampires. They love the taste of human flesh, and they drink human blood.Carlson looked concerned whether it was for Barr and her sanity or his own cratering career was unclear.They do, Tucker! she barked.The nut farmer hoped that by the time we go in to vote for Trump, that he will open up everybodys eyes and they will stop pretending to be asleep.You know what they say: You cant wake people up that are pretending to be asleep, Barr evangelized, leaning deep into her microphone.But I pray to God, please wake up even those who are pretending to be asleep with the irrefutable truth of what the worst people on this planet are really up to. They are really up to that. Theyre doin it. There are so many victims. There are so many victims! Barr exclaimed, her fans cheering the performance.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.