ALBAWABA - Controversial American commentator and writer Tucker Carlson recently revealed that the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson asked him for a million dollars for an interview, according to Al Arabiya.
Tucker went on to claim that Boris called him before an "agent or tool in the hands of the Kremlin" which is described as a "fortress inside a city" and is often referred to as the Russian government.
Carlson revealed the surprise in an interview with Belize TV on Feb. 20, 2024, days after his interview with Russia's current president, Vladimir Putin which broke viewership records across social media platforms as it received more than a whopping 35 million views in less than four hours on X (formerly Twitter).
Tucker Carlson: Boris Johnson asked me for $1M
Former Fox News anchor, Tucker claimed that Boris agreed to the interview but on one condition, which is that it would cost a whopping million dollars to carry on with it after an advisor said so. Additionally, Carlson claimed that the payment could be done in cash, gold, or Bitcoin as well.
Here's what users had to say about the matter:
"Boris Johnson is the real traitor for stopping the peace talks with Russia."
"Boris is a corrupted man."
"Boris Johnson will one day be known as the person who started WWIII."
"I wonder how much he charged to make Ukraine walk away from the peace agreement."
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Tucker credited X and Tesla owner Elon Musk for helping him make the interview with Putin happen and went on to add that the interview will be broadcast on Musk's platform X as the billionaire promised that nothing in the interview will be "suppressed or blocked" as mentioned in Carlson's video.
