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Nick Fuentes: Clashing with Carlson, Canceled for Controversy

Nick Fuentes: Clashing with Carlson, Canceled for Controversy

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Nicholas Fuentes just jumped into one of his biggest mainstream controversies of the summer after being the target of jabs from Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. On the August 2 episode of Carlson’s show, the former Fox News host blasted Fuentes as an “angry gay kid” and “child,” questioning his behavior following Candace Owens’ recent interview with him. Owens described the aftermath of that meeting as chaotic, saying that Fuentes called her afterward, “screaming and insulting” her, and described his unpredictable rage as evidence of “little boy insecurity.” Amid the fallout, Fuentes clapped back hard on his own channels, dubbing the interview a “FAILED Hit Job” and asserting that he generally avoids “women in political contexts” because he feels “gaslighted” by them. In a direct response, he even challenged Carlson to a debate, posting on X (formerly Twitter), “If you have the balls to gossip about me… it’s only right I should be able to reply,” pushing the feud into the center of right-wing internet drama, as reported by AOL and corroborated in a recent podcast deep dive.

This dust-up comes as Fuentes is already facing another round of national outrage for advocating—on his own “America First” podcast—for the death penalty for non-Christians, with a specific focus on those he labeled as engaging in “magic and rituals,” which he conflated with Jewish people. IMDB and Uinterview highlight that Fuentes openly insisted such individuals would need to be executed “when we take power.” This incendiary language has attracted widespread condemnation and is likely to haunt his public persona far beyond a fleeting headline.

Social media has also kept Fuentes in the spotlight. On Instagram, posts as recent as August 5 show users sharing snippets with captions like “Shhhh Nick Fuentes is speaking,” evidence of continued memeification and audience engagement, though the tone is often derisive.

There are no credible reports of new business ventures, public appearances, or legal issues from mainstream outlets in the same timeframe, and no major headlines tie Fuentes to fresh organizational affiliations. The dominant stories remain the Carlson-Owens feud, his ongoing inflammatory rhetoric, and the backlash these have generated across news, commentary, and social platforms—a week emblematic of Fuentes’ persistent notoriety at the far edge of American politics.

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