Kid Rock gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson an in-depth interview as part of his series titled Life of a Rock Star.
The Michigan native, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, has strong opinions about politics and the Hollywood culture, which he expresses with an “in your face” attitude that has been called too abrasive and too extreme by his detractors.
Carlson wanted to give Kid Rock an opportunity to address one of those “too extreme” incidents that captured headlines around the country when the controversial rocker lashed out at Oprah Winfrey.
The video of the event went viral on TMZ, showing an admittedly intoxicated Kid Rock on stage at a Nashville honky tonk, yelling, “F*ck Oprah Winfrey,” and, “F*ck Joy Behar!” He was accused of raclsm after his anti-Oprah rant, even though his son is half African-American.
According to Daily Caller, Carlson questioned Kid Rock on his anti-Oprah rant during an episode in which the Fox News host received a tour of Kid Rock’s Nashville Ranch. “A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts,” Kid Rock told Carlson about the Oprah rant.
“I own what I said and I won’t apologize to anybody. I’m not an Oprah Winfrey fan.”