Tucker Carlson says he was detained in Israel following ambassador interview

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he was detained in Israel following his interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee.

“Men who identified themselves as airport security took our passports, hauled our executive producer into a side room and then demanded to know what we spoke to Ambassador Huckabee about,” Carlson said in an exclusive interview to the Daily Mail.

He said that he and his team are now out of Israel.

Carlson and his business partner Neil Patel posted on X that they were in Israel before the interview.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman claimed that Carlson stayed at the airport and denied an invitation to see different parts of the country.

Two sources exclusively told the Daily Mail that the Israeli government didn’t want Carlson to come into the country. However, he was let in so that a “diplomatic incident” didn’t occur.

A spokesperson from the U.S. embassy in Israel denied that Carlson was detained.

“It is not accurate that Israel only was going to let Tucker into the country for the interview,’ the spokesperson said, according to the Daily Mail.

“The only engagement the Embassy had with Israel about his visit was to coordinate his private plane landing as part of facilitating a seamless visit. It was Tucker who chose to only come into the country for a few hours and depart. And Tucker received the same positive treatment of any visitors to Israel.”

It is not clear when Carlson’s interview with Huckabee will air.