Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tore into Tucker Carlson for calling him a “dictator,” accusing him of repeating Vladimir Putin’s propaganda.

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Zelensky dismissed claims of suppressing opposition and defended Ukraine’s paused elections as necessary under martial law.

Criticizing Carlson’s pro-Kremlin rhetoric, he fumed, “It seems to me he needs to more deeply understand what’s happening in Ukraine, to stop working for Putin, to stop licking his ass.”

Zelensky insisted Ukraine is fighting to preserve democracy, not undermine it.

  • Skua
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    1515 days ago

    On an interview with Piers Morgan no less, amazing. I don’t think Morgan and Carlson get along that well, but they’re positioned similarly enough in the general media landscape that there’s probably a meaningfully non-zero audience shared between them

    • @horse_battery_staple
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      People forget he’s a comedian with media training. I think the more clown show the right wing media make this, all the better for him. Slava Ukraini

      • @lennybird
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        It’s worth noting that psychopaths aren’t deterred by shame or guilt, and usually the truth takes too long to explain to the masses…

        … But mockery, humiliation, embarrassment really get to these folks because they have excessive vanity and self-esteem issues.

        Remember when Putin banned images of him as a gay clown?

      • @Gradually_Adjusting
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        I don’t think anyone truly appreciated how funny he was until he ordered the entire Russian military to be roasted

          • @RedAggroBest
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            Okay I laughed but what the hell is even going on there?

            • @Scott_of_the_Arctic
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              95 days ago

              He was a comedian before he became president. One of his bits was playing the piano with his dick. My hope is that after the catastrophic collapse of Russia and the complete withdrawal of the Russian Army from Ukraine, he’ll perform this for the UN security council.

              • @RedAggroBest
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                Oooohh that was way more obvious in hindsight, don’t know how I didn’t register that it’s a piano. I knew he was a comedian, I just really couldn’t tell what the bit was supposed to be.

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    Politics as entertainment keeps hitting new levels. A comedian-turned-president telling a journalist-turned-propagandist to stop brown-nosing an ex-KGB agent? Peak 2025 content right there.

    The martial law argument’s interesting—technically correct but conveniently timed. Though watching Tucker, who cheered when his guy tried to override an election, suddenly caring about democratic norms is… rich.

    Zelensky’s crude response plays well for headlines, but it’s the same social media politics we’ve been drowning in. Two media personalities trading barbs while real policy discussions happen in backrooms and procurement meetings.

    Meanwhile, defense contractors keep posting record profits. Funny how that works.

    • @MothmanDelorian
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      Carlson has never not been a pundit. He has no history of journalism.

  • @[email protected]
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    He ain’t licking. Motherfucker is tongue deep searching for that forbidden golden corn.

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    The visual I just got of Tucker Carlson licking Vladimir Putin’s asshole is… not my favorite way to wake up. 🤣😁🤢

    • @TrickDacy
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      Still better than the destruction those fucks are bringing to the world.

    • Lemminary
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      I’m gay af and even I don’t like that image. Pass the bleach, pls.

    • Flying Squid
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      And yet telling him to stop is probably not going to work. He’s too into it. You wouldn’t even have to pay him (but they’re probably paying him).

  • @Gammelfisch
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    Tucker has been licking the sweat off of Vlad’s balls since Mango Mussolini’s first term.

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      And die. 😊 Idc, I said it, no regrets.

  • HubertManne
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    I can confidently say that is not going to happen unless a check does not clear.

    • @jaybone
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      He’d probably do it just for fun.

      • @Scott_of_the_Arctic
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        At this point he’s doing it for the second hand caviar. The cash is just a bonus.

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    Three years ago all media was licking Zelensky’s ass. Now he’s furious because one “journalist” is doing Putin instead.

    EDIT: I’m not gonna answer to violent replies as these (they are all blocked anyway). Just search images of “Zelensky cover” if you are really interested, and you’ll see how he was Time’s person of the year, The Economist cover, Vogue,'s Vanity Fair’s, Wired’s, etc. It’s not a dispute. Zelensky was the favorite person of the media when Russia invaded years ago. I didn’t say much more than that.

    • Skua
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      I think I’d also be pretty pissed if someone was using their substantial media platform to run cover for the murderous empire invading my country

      • @nieminen
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        Kind how I feel when people defend trump and musk

      • @[email protected]
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        Sure, you can be pissed and it is understandable. But not everyone thinks the same way as you do.

        • Skua
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          So if you understand why Zelenskyy would feel that way about Carlson, what point were you trying to make with your comment?

            • Skua
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              Your first comment, not your reply to me

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                It’s the same. The coverage by media has been overwhelmingly on Ukraine’s side, but he seem like he can’t manage one of the few “journalists” that favor Putin.

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                  On Ukraine’s “side”?

                  And what side would that be? Let’s be explicit about it.

                  Please explain to everyone what the two “sides” are in this conflict, and why they both deserve attention and support

                • Skua
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                  I’m not sure why you think he “can’t manage” it. Why shouldn’t he comment on someone that he is justifiably unhappy with? After all, he can have an opinion too.

    • @[email protected]
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      135 days ago

      Weird. I wonder if anyone has any ideas why people would sympathize with the leader of a nation invaded by an aggressive expansionistic neighbour.

    • @Oderus
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      95 days ago

      A user from .ml making up lies about Ukraine… I’m shocked.

    • Lemminary
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      Giving “everything I don’t like is woke” energy. That’s cute.