Ice Cube's controversial comments on Tucker's show cause backlash

Tucker Carlson has been full of surprises lately, and his most recent antics do not disappoint.

Tucker, who was recently ousted from Fox News and began his own podcast that streams on Twitter, interviewed a guest his audience was not expecting: Ice Cube.

The unlikely pair recorded their conversation as they rode around South Central Los Angeles together, during which Ice Cube made it clear that he does not trust the COVID-19 vaccines.

When Tucker asked Ice Cube why he wasn't vaccinated, he responded, “I’m not real good with direct orders.”

“It wasn’t ready. You know, it was a six-month ... kind of a rush job. And I didn’t feel safe,” the rapper told Tucker.

“But they told you you were safe,” Tucker responded.

“I know what they said, and I heard them. I heard them loud and clear,” Ice Cube said, laughing as a smile broke across his face.

“But it’s not their decision; there’s no repercussions if they’re wrong. But I get all the repercussions if they’re wrong,” he continued.

When the rapper was asked to get vaccinated in order to star in the film "Oh Hell No," which would have meant a $9 million pay day, he refused, adamant that he stand up for what he believed in so he could be a good example for his children.

“Show them that I want to stand on my convictions and that I was willing, you know, to lose $9 million and more because we’ve probably lost more, you know, since then,” he told Carlson.

Dave Rubin finds this all very interesting.

“It’s interesting now to find out that there were a whole bunch of people who privately weren’t getting vaxxed,” Rubin comments.

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