Colbert Mocks Tucker Carlson Over His Feud With Avenatti: I Wouldn’t Throw Around The Word ‘Creepy’

On Friday night, Stephen Colbert had some fun at the expense of Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his feud with Michael Avenatti.

Earlier this week, Carlson blasted The View for dedicating three segments of their show to Avenatti and his client Stormy Daniels, who he referred to as a “newly-minted political pundit who has spent her career having sex with strangers for money.” He also referred to Avenatti again as the “creepy porn lawyer.”

“I wouldn’t throw around the word ‘creepy’ if I looked like fancy lad who paid his wet nurse to sit on his lap,” Colbert reacted.

The Late Show host then read Avenatti’s Twitter response, accusing Carlson of being an “absolute hypocrite.”

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson @TuckerCarlson: Do you truly expect people to believe that you have never viewed porn? When is the last time you viewed porn? You demean my client and me because of her profession, meanwhile you are an absolute hypocrite. Nobody likes a hypocrite.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 13, 2018

“That is a low blow, Avenatti. You leave Tucker alone,” Colbert mockingly defended the Fox News host. “Do you think he likes being a hypocrite? No, but it’s part of his job. Yes, over the years, Tucker has debased himself. He has degraded his reputation by saying… disgusting things with his mouth all in front a camera for the cheap thrills of an audience of old men just for a few dollars, but he needed the money! Look, all I’m saying is being Tucker Carlson is a legitimate profession. You just… shudder to think of your children growing up to do it. He’s somebody’s little boy!”

Watch the clip above, via CBS.