Overview
- Carlson faced tense questioning on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, as presenter Victoria Derbyshire pressed him on antisemitism allegations and his platforming of far-right figure Nick Fuentes.
- He denied being antisemitic and said his criticism targets decisions by Israel’s government rather than Jewish people.
- Derbyshire cited Fuentes’ praise of Adolf Hitler and Holocaust denial and asked if airing such a guest risks normalizing those views.
- Carlson said he told Fuentes he opposes antisemitism and argued that U.S. Republicans Ted Cruz and Randy Fine have defended what he called “genocide in Gaza.”
- He advanced wider claims about U.S.–Israel influence by saying President Donald Trump is “not free” and blaming Israeli strikes for a failed ceasefire, as Derbyshire challenged his assertions and pushed back on his description of U.K. laws.