Overview
- During a segment on Carlson’s show, Carlson repeatedly said the slur and urged Morgan to say it as they argued over speech restrictions in the U.K.
- Morgan refused on air and later clarified on social media that his decision was based on respect for gay people rather than any concern about legal consequences.
- Carlson cited a Daily Mail report about Elizabeth Kinney’s conviction for a homophobic hate crime tied to text messages, referencing community penalties described in that article.
- He also read an unverified claim that the U.K. records three times more arrests for “speech crimes” than Russia, a figure Morgan said he did not recognize.
- Clips of the exchange spread widely online, fueling debate over how U.K. laws and social norms handle derogatory language, with no new legal actions reported linked to the broadcast.