Jimmy Kimmel Taunts Tucker Carlson With Why His Putin Interview Was 'Very Funny'

Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday mocked former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin, which the Russian president himself later criticized over Carlson’s softball questions.

“Basically, Putin was expecting to eat Tucker for lunch, turned out he was more of an hors d’oeuvre, an amuse douche if you will,” cracked Kimmel.

The late-night host said it was “very funny to me” how Putin, who he described as “one of the most evil and anti-American people alive” had “finally met Tucker Carlson, who’s been kissing his ass so long they had to have a squeegee on hand to keep it dry, and Putin’s takeaway was, ‘Yeah, this guy sucks.’”

Watch Kimmel’s monologue here:

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