“I don’t apologize to anybody,” Kid Rock told Tucker Carlson.
Kid Rock is refusing to apologize for his drunken rant, where he attacked Oprah Winfrey and Joy Behar by name at his Nashville honky-tonk in 2019.
“A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts, I own what I said,” the rapper, whose real name is Robert James Richie, told Tucker Carlson during a recent episode of Tucker Carson Originals on Fox Nation.
The episode, titled “Life of a Rockstar,” showed Carlson visiting Kid Rock while he was on tour, which included a visit to his ranch. When the two sat down together for an interview, the musician doubled down on his feelings about Winfrey and Behar, as well as his words from three years ago.
Kid Rock, Oprah, Joy Behar. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Michael Tran/FilmMagic; Robert Ascroft/ABC
“I don’t apologize to anybody. I’m not an Oprah Winfrey fan. I got drunk and f—in’ next thing, I’m on stage [saying] f— Oprah…” the musician explained.
In 2019, TMZ released footage of Kid Rock onstage shouting “f— Oprah Winfrey and f— Joy Behar.” He also attacked Kathie Lee Gifford, though he explained that attack was unintentional, as he meant to direct his words to comedian Kathy Griffin.
“I was trying to go after Kathy Griffin you know, for holding up Trump’s head, but I’m so out of it I’m like ‘f— Kathie Lee Gifford.’” he said. “When it comes back on TMZ or whatever a few weeks later I’m like ‘oh man, I like Kathie Lee Gifford.’ We’ve been kind of friendly throughout the years…now I feel a little bad.”
This is far from the first time Kid Rock has caused conflict. In March of 2020, EW reported that Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk & Rock ‘n’ Roll Steakhouse in Nashville would close voluntarily after defying a request from Nashville Mayor John Cooper to close bars and limit the number of people dining at restaurants to help stop the spread of COVID-19. And a few months later, reports surfaced of Kid Rock and pro golfer John Daly trying to go maskless during the final presidential debate between Donald Trump and now-President Joe Biden, despite the fact that both had been pro-mask mandate only a few months earlier.
News
At a backyard barbecue, my nephew was served a thick, perfectly cooked T-bone steak—while my son got nothing but a charred strip of fat. My mother laughed, “That’s more than enough for a kid like him.” My sister smirked and added, “Honestly, even a dog eats better than that.” My son stared down at his plate and quietly said, “Mom… I’m okay with this.” An hour later, when I finally understood what he meant, my hands wouldn’t stop shaking.
My name is Lauren Mitchell, and the most terrifying thing my son has ever said to me didn’t sound scary at…
The billionaire’s son was suffering in pain every night until the nanny removed something mysterious from his head…
In the stark, concrete mansion perched above the cliffs of Monterra, the early morning silence shattered with a scream that…
“Mom… I don’t want to take a bath anymore.” My daughter started saying that every night after I remarried. At first, it sounded small. Ordinary. The kind of resistance every parent hears a hundred times. But it wasn’t.
“Mom… I don’t want to take a bath.” The first time Lily said it, her voice was so quiet I…
When a Nurse Placed a Healthy Baby Beside Her Fading Twin… What Happened Next Brought Everyone to Their Knees
The moment the nurse looked back at the incubator, she dropped to her knees in tears. No one in that…
She Buried Her Mom with a Phone So They Could ‘Stay Connected’… But When It Rang the Next Day, What She Heard From the Coffin Left Everyone Frozen in Terror
When the call came, Abby’s blood ran cold. The screen showed one name she never expected to see again: Mom….
Three days after giving birth to twins, my husband walked into my hospital room—with his mistress—and placed divorce papers on the tray beside me. “Take three million dollars and sign,” he said coldly. “I only want the children.” I signed… and vanished that very night. By morning, he realized something had gone terribly wrong.
Exactly seventy-two hours after a surgeon cut me open to bring my daughters into the world, my husband, Ethan Cole, strolled…
End of content
No more pages to load
