FOR over a decade, Tucker Carlson was a host on Fox News where his program was named the highest-rated in US cable news history.
Now that the conservative TV personality ventured into a new career pathway, many want to know more about his personal life.
Who are Tucker Carlson’s parents?
Tucker Carlson is the eldest son of Lisa McNear, an artist, and journalist Richard Warner Carlson.
Richard is a retired American journalist and diplomat who served as the director of the Voice Of America during the last six years of the Cold War.
He also led Radio Marti broadcasting to Cuba and was director of the US Information Agency and the USIA Documentary Film Service.
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Throughout his career as a journalist, Richard has worked as a newspaper reporter, a wire service reporter, a magazine writer, a TV and radio correspondent, and a documentary filmmaker.
As for Lisa, Carlson's mom studied architecture at UC Berkeley.
Lisa traveled around California showcasing her work before she died of breast cancer on October 14, 2011.
As per Business Insider, Joan Quinn described Lisa as "more like a hippie, artsy kind of person.
"I couldn't ever imagine her being a mother. She was very nervous all the time. She was never satisfied with what was going on, in terms of being a person, of being with people. She was ill-content."
When did Tucker Carlson’s parents get divorced?
Carlson's parents divorced in 1976 after their nine-year marriage reportedly "turned sour."
After the divorce, his mother began traveling the world and having adventures in France.
She married artist, Michael Vaughn.
Richard was granted custody of Carlson and his younger brother Buckley Peck Carlson.
Richard married the wealthy heiress Patricia Swanson.
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Carlson refuses to speak about his mother, whom he said abandoned him and his family when he was just six years old.
The former Fox News host calls his relationship with his mother a “totally bizarre situation - which I never talk about, because it was actually not really part of my life at all.”
When did Tucker Carlson leave Fox News?
On April 24, 2023, it was announced that Carlson and Fox News parted ways.
His last show on the network was Friday, April 21.
“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox News said in a statement.
Carlson went on to host a show named Tucker via X, formerly Twitter.
On February 6, 2024, Carlson announced that he would be interviewing Russian president Vladimir Putin.
"There are risks to conducting an interview like this, obviously," Carlson began in a video.
"First, because it's our job. We're in journalism. Our duty is to inform people. Two years into a war that's reshaping the entire world, most Americans are not informed.
"They have no real idea what's happening in this region, here in Russia or 600 miles away in Ukraine. But they should know, they're paying for much of it in ways they might not fully yet perceive."
The interview is set to be posted on February 7, 2024.
