Ice Dice took a drive round South Central Los Angeles with fired Fox commentator Tucker Carlson on the newest episode of the controversial host’s new Twitter (né “X”) present on Tuesday and held forth on his opposition to the COVID-19 vaccines. “I by no means wished to be managed,” stated the rapper born O’Shea Jackson, 54, through the chat.
“It wasn’t prepared. It was six months, type of a rush job. And I didn’t really feel secure,” added Dice in regards to the greater than 670 million doses of vaccine administered to U.S residents between Dec. 2020 and March 2023, which the CDC deemed “secure and efficient,” with “uncommon” negative effects; in truth, the CDC up to now has confirmed simply 9 deaths immediately attributable to the COVID-19 vaccines on account of a uncommon blood clot brought on by the Johnson & Johnson shot. As well as, a December report from the Heart for Infectious Illness Analysis & Coverage claiming that by means of Nov. 2022 the vaccines prevented greater than 18.5 million U.S. hospitalizations and three.2 million deaths, whereas saving the nation $1.15 trillion.
The section opened with Dice giving a smiling Carlson a driving tour by means of his childhood South Central neighborhood, throughout which the host was requested if he’d gotten vaccinated through the pandemic. “After all not,” Carlson chuckled, noting that “they advised you you have been secure” in reference to the pictures that have been swiftly developed by the Trump administration to fight the worldwide pandemic that killed almost seven million individuals and resulted in 768 million circumstances of the illness.
A bit of tape rolled out within the 12-minute interview reported that Dice misplaced out on a $9 million payday for the movie Oh Hell No due to his refusal to get the jab. “I do know what they stated. I heard what they stated, I heard them loud and clear,” Dice stated of his resolution to not get vaxxed. “It’s not their resolution. There isn’t any repercussions if they’re improper. I get all of the repercussions if they’re improper.” Dice stated he wished to be an instance for his youngsters and to make sure that additionally they declined to get vaccinated.
“Present them that I used to be wiling to face on my convictions and that I used to be keen to lose $9 million and extra,” he stated in reference to the comedy he was slated to star in with Jack Black. Carlson then posited that America usually holds up individuals who stand by their convictions as heroes, noting that Dice was not handled that approach for his stance on vaccines whereas rolling an SNL bit mocking the rapper for his vaxx veto.
“I by no means advised anybody to not get vaccinated publicly,” Dice stated of the pictures that the New York Occasions reported went into the arms of greater than 5.55 billion individuals all over the world, representing almost 72.3 p.c of the worldwide inhabitants. Really, he added, he didn’t need anybody to know whether or not he’d been vaccinated or not, saying he was “fairly upset” when the knowledge leaked. “I used to be going to quietly not take it and cope with the results as they got here,” he stated.
And, regardless of the low reported adversarial reactions to the pictures, Dice claimed he is aware of individuals who “endure on daily basis” from vaccine accidents. “It’s arduous to look at,” he stated with out providing any particulars in regards to the alleged accidents.
Dice additionally famous that he doesn’t give cash to politicians as a result of he doesn’t “consider” in them as a result of what he deemed their “hidden agendas.” He did, nevertheless, say he was “proud” that America elected Pres. Obama, earlier than lamenting that “not a lot modified for individuals I do know,” as Carlson loaded up a montage of stories footage of Black Lives Matter protests and avenue violence.
The following episode of the dialog is slated to have the pair sitting down in Dice’s studio. Carlson was fired from his top-rated Fox Information channel present in April after the community settled an enormous lawsuit with Dominion Voting Programs for $787 million over the conservative outlet’s admission that it aired false claims in regards to the firm’s ballot-counting machines. Carlson launched his Twitter present in June with robust rankings, however Enterprise Insider reported not too long ago that his viewership tanked by 86% inside a month.
Take a look at the Dice chat here.
