A tweet popped up in my timeline on Wednesday night. It was posted by Tucker Carlson and he had a few things to say. One was that there are lots of genuinely nice people out in the world away from “the noise.” And there are lots of funny people, too. Taking time off has shown him how “unbelievably stupid” debates on television are and how they have no relevance in the lives of most people. No one cares. The big issues that warrant debate don’t, like war, civil liberties, and science.

He notes that both parties collude to take down those with whom they do not agree. Their orthodoxies will not last, though. The people in charge are afraid, he said. They are hysterical and have given up on persuasion, turning instead to force. He essentially said that those who speak truth to power are the ones who are powerful.

Good evening pic.twitter.com/SPrsYKWKCE

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 27, 2023

“See you soon.” It was a video meant to uplift and inspire, I think. That sure beats anger and bitterness. It’s reported that he has a powerful lawyer. He’ll be fine.

Lots of positive responses appeared in the comments.

🔥🔥🔥

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 27, 2023

Tucker Unchained. Looking forward to it, sir.

— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) April 27, 2023

Tucker’s not going away! Fox soon will.

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) April 27, 2023

It will be interesting to see where he lands. He is clearly making the best of a situation he didn’t expect to be in. OANN expressed interest and he’d be quite a catch for them. I don’t know that their reach is very big, though. Could the network afford him?

“Maybe Fox News’ loss could be @OANN’s gain,” the network tweeted. “Founder and CEO @RobHerring would like to extend an invitation to Carlson to meet for negotiation.” In an email to the Times of San Diego, Herring speculated on the salary he might dangle in front of the former Fox star, gushing, “It would be great if we could get Tucker! I might give him around $25 million. And he would be well worth that!”

I confess I haven’t been much of a primetime FNC viewer until recently. The straight-opinion shows didn’t appeal much to me but I did come around to Tucker’s show. Some of his last shows were really interesting, especially the one with Elon Musk. I’m sure no matter where he goes, he will bring along his loyal following.

There is some ugliness out there about Tucker’s alleged unseemly nature. Beege wrote about some of that yesterday. There is another story out that reports on a text message that got him in hot water.

A Wall Street Journal report found that the recently fired Fox News host called a senior executive a “cunt” in a private message that was turned up during discovery in the defamation case filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which was settled for $787 million last week. The report does not state which executive Carlson was referring to and the message was redacted in the ocean of correspondence that was released through court filings.

Carlson did not want the damning message redacted from the lawsuit. “He told his colleagues that he wanted the world to know what he had said about the executive in a private message,” the report states. He compared it to his “I hate him passionately” comment about Trump. While that was said amid a short burst of anger, his resentment toward the executive was “deep and enduring,” per the Journal, which is owned by News Corp., the sister company of Fox’s parent.

Who knows how this all shakes out? Eventually, he will probably write a book or film a special about how it all came down. In the meantime, the Daily Mail caught up with him in Florida. He and his wife were in a golf cart on the way to dinner.

“Retirement is going great,” Carlson chuckled. “I haven’t eaten dinner with my wife on a weeknight in seven years.”

Carlson, who shares four children with Susan, is said to have flashed a smile and joked when pressed about his future.

“Appetizers plus entree,” Tucker told the outlet before taking off on his golf cart.

The Daily Mail also reported that Carlson’s executive producer, Justin Wells (who also was recently axed from the network), was spotted at Carlson’s home. It’s unclear what they’re plotting next, but a source told the outlet that Carlson is not expected to do anything significant while his attorney negotiates Carlson’s exit package with the network. Carlson’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, is also representing former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who also was fired moments after Carlson’s ouster was announced in a terse three-paragraph statement. Freedman is also representing Chris Cuomo in his $125 million wrongful termination lawsuit against CNN.

No wonder he’s upbeat these days.