Meghan McCain has taken a stand against Tucker Carlson following an incident where a guest on the conservative commentator's podcast repeatedly referred to her as "fat." In a powerful X post published on Thursday, December 4th, McCain, 41, boldly addressed the matter, revealing that she was aware of the weight-related comment during Carlson's discussion with Milo Yiannopoulos, another right-wing figure.
"Yes, I am very fat, I'm almost 9 months pregnant with my third child," McCain wrote. "And I am also very happy."
She continued, "I don't care how many times Tucker talks about being a Christian; that is not Christian behavior to engage in such a conversation on one of the largest podcasts in the world." McCain added that this type of "meanness to women and hypocrisy" explains why conservatives have "such a problem with women voters of my generation."
"Don't feel bad for me, people have been calling me fat since I started in media at age 22," the former co-host of "The View" wrote. "It is old, lazy, tired. I don't make my living off of ugliness like that and truly can't fathom what life is like for anyone who does. It must be very dark."
McCain is expecting her third child with her husband, Ben Domenech, as exclusively reported by PEOPLE in June. She also shared the news in an episode of her podcast "2Way's Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain" with second lady Usha Vance.
On the Wednesday, December 3rd episode of "The Tucker Carlson Show," Carlson, 56, hosted Yiannopoulos, 41. About an hour into the conversation, Yiannopoulos asked Carlson if there was "anything gayer than John McCain's bloodlust" as they discussed "closeted gays" in right-wing media.
"He's even got the fat friend. It's his daughter," Yiannopoulos said as Carlson listened silently. "He even bred the fat best friend. Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain? You know, she hates herself. She's fat. She's crazy. She's every gay man's dream."
McCain, the daughter of Cindy McCain and the late Sen. John McCain, has called out other members of the conservative media sphere in the past. In November, she criticized Megyn Kelly for questioning whether Jeffrey Epstein counted as a pedophile in an episode of her podcast.
