Carlson, 52, is gearing up to issue a series of new documentaries for season two of his show, Tucker Carlson Originals.
One of the episodes, entitled The End of Men, focuses on the “total collapse of testosterone levels in American men” and will showcase some of the things that Carlson thinks men can do to fix it. Though when the political commentator proposed that guys tan their private parts as a way to feel more manly, it left many people on the internet bewildered - and they quickly took to Twitter to troll Carlson for his recommendation. He shared a preview for the forthcoming docuseries last week - which revealed a bunch of shirtless men doing activities like wrestling, milking cows, and “testicle tanning” - and the video quickly went viral.
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It contained a montage of half-naked guys shooting off rifles, chopping wood, and taking an ice bath, as well as other “masculine” things. It then cut to a man standing on a rock with no clothes on in front of a giant machine that projected a red light onto his crotch - apparently tanning his private parts.
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Many people quickly began mocking the preview for the documentary, with one branding it as “homoerotic” and “outright weird.” “In addition to being some outright weird s**t, this is the perfect illustration of the popular (yet not widely acknowledged) sentiment that masculinity is super-duper fragile and in need of being kept constantly “pure” for fear of feminine “corruption,”’ wrote one person.
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“Who knew that Tucker Carlson could put together a montage more explicitly homoerotic than the beach volleyball scene in Top Gun?” joked another. “So Tucker Carlson is fighting gayness with homoerotic commercials and testicle-tanning? That anti-gay man sure spends a lot of time thinking about naked men,” announced someone else. A different Twitter user continued: “I watch professional wrestling, and this is far more homoerotic.”
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“Actual men - Works for a living, hangs with friends, spends time with family and kids. Tucker’s right-wing version of men - shoots bottles of liquid with guns, wrestles other men, inserts penis in Tesla recharging stations,” read another message.
“Is this a Grindr ad?” questioned one person. In a clip from the upcoming special, Carlson spoke to a fitness professional named Andrew McGovern about testicle tanning, which he referred to as “red light therapy.”