Tucker Carlson Apologizes for Laughing at Joe Biden Controversy: ‘Eskimo Kisses Aren’t Rape’

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson addressed the controversy surrounding former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday, stressing that “Eskimo kisses are not rape.”

At one point in a segment that started off with Carlson saying that he was kicking off the with an apology that “has to do with Joe Biden” Carlson played a clip of Biden saying he will “more mindful of people’s personal space.”

In response, Tucker said this: “There is something sad, pathetic really about watching a 76-year-old man apologizing for not understanding selfie culture. You would hope your own golden years would be a little more dignified than that. But Biden’s a politician and no choice, they drove him to it. And so did we. And that is the point of the apology. When the story first broke, passing out Eskimo kisses and sniffing other people’s hair it was irresistible and you could not laugh at it.”

He admitted to mocking Biden before continuing on: “What we should have said every bit as loudly and what we apologize now for not saying is that hugging is not sexual assault. Eskimo kisses aren’t rape. That used to be obvious. It’s not obvious anymore. And so we are sorry for helping to blur the distinction between human affection and coercive immoral behavior. Last thing this country needs is more people that think they are assaulted because senior citizen hugs them wrong. So we apologize for adding to that nonsense and antihuman hysteria.”

Carlson then made it clear while he was apologizing he was not defending Biden but making it clear hugging is not a “sin.”

Watch above, via Fox News.

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