Tucker Carlson fumes as 'completely nuts' Trump scandal connection revealed

Tucker Carlson reacted in disbelief when he learned that a donor to President Donald Trump had offered Kimberly Guilfoyle, the ambassador to Greece for President Donald Trump, $1 million to arrange an interview on his podcast, a proposal Carlson said he was not aware of.

The WSJ reported that Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s former fiancée, had discussed arranging an interview for Eric Deters, a Kentucky donor and former congressional candidate who wanted the Trump administration to help with legal and tax matters.

The report states that Deters agreed to pay Guilfoyle $1 million on the condition that she managed to get him a place on Carlson's program. He wished to publicize the case of Abubakar Atiq Durrani, a doctor who had fled to Pakistan after being charged with defrauding insurers by carrying out unnecessary spinal operations.

Deters, claiming that he was giving advice to lawyers who were representing former patients in their legal action against Durrani, wished for the Justice Department to secure the doctor's extradition.

Guilfoyle informed Deters that she was carrying out the interview. According to messages examined by the Journal, she had been in touch with people in Carlson's circle in December 2024, but this effort resulted in no booking.

Carlson stated that he had never heard of Deters and did not follow Guilfoyle's activities. He also claimed that she had no influence on his decisions regarding guests.

"A million dollars for a podcast appearance? Isn’t she the ambassador to Greece? This is completely nuts,” Carlson said to The Wall Street Journal.

There is no sign that Carlson had agreed to the interview or was aware of the proposed payment.

The supposed offer was included in a much wider range of dealings between Guilfoyle and Deters, who stated to the newspaper that he had already paid her $300,000 over a number of years to attend political events, but "she never came through on anything," Deters said.

The newspaper stated that Guilfoyle also handed over Deters' correspondence to then-IRS Commissioner Billy Long and had discussed contacting senior officials of the Justice Department.

Her bigger scandal involved Signal messages the Journal examined shortly before her Senate confirmation hearing in July 2025, in which Guilfoyle asked Deters for $100,000 to pay her American Express bill; she proposed he send the money directly to the card company to avoid leaving a visible record.

Jesse Binnall, who is Guilfoyle's lawyer, questioned the authenticity of the messages without pointing out any specific inaccuracies and stated that Guilfoyle should be paid compensation for her previous speaking engagements, as well as supporting her efforts to bring forward the allegations against Durrani.

As for the defense in the Carlson scheme, Guilfoyle's attorney, Jesse Binnall, told The WSJ:

“Ambassador Guilfoyle will never apologize for offering to help shed light on a case in which 1,000 children underwent unnecessary, invasive, and debilitating surgeries at that man’s hands.”