Fun fact: Tucker Carlson’s signature look was none other than a bowtie. He started wearing bowties in 1984 when he was in tenth grade at St. George’s, Rhode Island prep school, as part of the school’s dress code. He eventually stopped wearing them on April 11, 2006.
Too bad, We’re sure that if he would have kept the look for a while the bow tie would have made a comeback in fashion. Then, he would have been considered a fashion influencer!
Editor in Chief
In 2010, Tucker Carlson, along with former vice president Dick Cheney and Neil Patel launched a conservative American political news website called The Daily Caller. Carlson held the position of editor in chief and occasionally wrote opinion pieces with Patel. Successful businessman Foster Friess was among the supporters of their publication — he alone granted them $3 million dollars!
The Daily Caller was launched as an alternative to the popular and very liberal Huffington Post, which features a broad range of subjects that go beyond politics and current events. Republican political consultant, Karl Rove, stated that The Daily Caller was necessary reading for anyone who wanted to be up to speed with what was going on with politics in America.
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In 2012, Tucker Carlson’s The Daily Caller became profitable without its readers ever having to see a single ad. In July 2017, their traffic ranked at 711 in the US, and 2,364 in the world. In only 2 years, the site quadrupled its readership. Not too shabby.
Like any publication, not everything went smoothly, The Daily Caller had a few controversies that made headlines. As a conservative publication, they go at the left pretty hard sometimes. In January 2019, The Daily Caller published a click-bait headline that misled readers — "Here’s the Photo Some Described as a Nude Selfie of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." The photo was not in fact of the young politician. Ocasio-Cortez condemned The Daily Caller for its behavior. The Daily Caller later apologized and changed the headline.
Carlson's Bowtie in Pop Culture
In 2005, his bowtie was even referenced on a season five episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm , when a character was referred to Larry David as “Tucker Carlson” because he was wearing a bowtie. Carlson should have taken it as a compliment that his signature look made it to the hit show! How many news anchors can say that?
Back when MSNBC advertised Carlson's program, they made posters that read, “The Man. The Legend. The Bowtie.” He had also been wearing a bowtie, in 2004, during the Jon Stewart controversy.
Carlson Puts on His Dancing Shoes
In 2006, conservative Tucker Carlson did the unthinkable to some — he joined the cast of the American dance competition television series "Dancing With the Stars" (season 3). He said it wasn't the smartest thing he has ever done but for sure one of the most interesting ones and that he wanted to lead an interesting life.
He added that he was 37, he had four kids and a steady job, and that he rarely does things he is not good at. He was the first to be eliminated. It's not every day that people of his stature step outside of their comfort zone, so we can at least give him an A for effort.