Yes, I was. I didn't watch the NF interview yet, but he apparently publicly backtracked on a lot of how he was in the interview with Candace. There was a comparison of NF to David Duke, and having in the past read some of the things David Duke had claimed, can understand the comparison. (David Duke actually claims/claimed some intelligent things and appeared to me (more than a decade ago when I was looking into him) to be well-researched, but add that to the fact he is/was part of the racist and historically violent KKK, people would often disregard whatever true things such people say as racism - throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak).
Definitely I think Tucker was controlled in the past. He is either truly out on his own now, or has been flipped and is working for the counter-narrative, but some of the basic things he laughed at in the past as "conspiracy theories" he is now doing justice to. I thought it was telling in his Putin interview that Putin mentioned he'd applied to join the CIA (and apparently, Tucker only learned in recent years his dad was CIA - lol!), and to me the flipping theory would not be a stretch.
My opinion on Tucker?
He is lonely. Lonely for being relevant once again. His ratings have dropped severely. To gain back some viewership he began to post outlandish conspiracy theory stuff because it gave him a momentary boost in viewership...not understanding that overall he was still bleeding viewership. He doesn't really believe any of it....he just believes that acting as if he does gives himself credibility.
D.L.S. is that Whoopi Goldberg is no different. (Ex hubby Tom sold her secret decades ago) On a personal level Whoopie tends to be truly conservative in political leanings but on shows like The Five....she is as liberal and loony as she needs to be because she is playing a role. (Nuts eh?....but that's Hollywood and showbusiness)
Relevancy is directly proportional to viewership. Truth? Nobody even cares about that. The truth is nuanced but boring as all get out. Lies? They can be as interesting as you can create them to be. After all...it is ALL about ratings/clicks.