On Monday, right-wing network Fox News suddenly announced that they had "parted ways" with longtime host Tucker Carlson. The firing ended the highest-viewed news program in the country, but not everyone was disappointed.
Country musician Maren Morris took to Instagram to celebrate the termination of Carlson, who had previously called her a "lunatic country music person" for supporting transgender rights. She wrote, alongside a screencap from the story, "Happy Monday, MotherTucker."
@marenmorris on Instagram
In Fall last year, country singer Jason Aldean's wife, Brittany, disparaged the parents of trans youth by accusing them of "genital mutilation." In response, Morris tweeted: "It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie."
Carlson afterwards slammed Morris on his program, prompting her to clap back by turning the "lunatic" insult into a t-shirt line. All of the proceeds went to the Trans Lifeline and the GLAAD Transgender Media Program, raising over $150,000.
On several occasions over the past year, Carlson has attacked the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender individuals and their families. He previously said healthcare for trans youth allows people to “basically molest and abuse children," and that hospitals offering gender-affirming care deserve to receive bomb threats.
Fox News did not say why Carlson was being terminated, but the network had just settled a lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems over the network's false claims about the 2020 presidential election. The network was ordered to pay $1.6 billion, which was reduced to $787 million.
“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," the network said. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
Carlson was also a proponent of vitriol against drag queens. After his firing, Morris shared another graphic on Instagram, which read, "the only tuckers allowed are the drag queens."
@marenmorris on Instagram
