Tucker talks church fears with Russell Brand: ‘I can’t deal with it. It freaks me out!’

As religion and Christianity continue to be a hot-button topic in the United States, Tucker Carlson and Russell Brand have a frank conversation on church and spiritual warfare.

In the clip posted to X by Brand, Tucker talks about the idea that Christians come under spiritual attack once they take up faith leader positions.

Watch:

“One of the reasons I have trouble going to church is because…”@TuckerCarlson shares on how so many Christian leaders are under serious spiritual attack. pic.twitter.com/h8IWu71AkL

— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) October 15, 2024

“There’s something incredibly dangerous about standing up and saying ‘you want to know what a Christian looks like? Look at me,'” Carlson said.

“And I’m afraid of that, I’m so afraid of that. One of the reasons I have a lot of trouble going to church is. all these Christian leaders are so flawed and so obviously fake. I can’t deal with that. It freaks me out!” he continued. “Why is that? Because they’re all under spiritual attack, that’s why.”

“They’re under spiritual attack?” Brand asked, incredulous.

“Yes, they are!” Carlson emphatically replied. “Everyone’s like ‘Why do all these famous Christian ministers have freaky sex lives?’ Well, why do you think? Because they’re under spiritual attack.”

“My college roommate once told me that the second he became a minister, after his first sermon this woman comes into his office and says I’ve had all these marital problems and would you do counseling, and then she hits on him!” the reporter explained. “But he’s wise, and he said I’m never doing that again, because I know now that I’ve held myself up as someone people can look to if they want to understand who Jesus is, I’m going to be under attack.”

“I like how Apostle Paul deals with it, with the thorn of just like right front and center [saying] ‘I’m a mess man, I’m a mess. Don’t try to be like me.’ And I’ve had good practice with that,” Brand jokes. “Plus I’ve got the sex out of the way as a younger man. I’ve put the hours in.”

“Acknowledge your failings, because then people will know that you’re honest.”

“Never be a fraud, boy that’s the greatest burden you can carry,” Tucker mused.

X users found the discussion interesting and insightful:

Yes, but as I told Tucker when he interviewed me, you still have to go to church because…its a command! ☺️

— Megan Basham (@megbasham) October 15, 2024

I appreciate Tucker stating his struggle to attend church. I can relate. My relationship with God doesn’t need to be filtered through a preacher. My relationship with Christ is personal and without the need of the approval of others.

— Carin Camen (@CarinCamen) October 15, 2024

The encouraging part is that for every pastor with a massive platform who has a moral fall, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of everyday pastors faithfully laboring in the harvest field of the Lord, whose names we will not know this side of eternity. Do not deprive yourself… pic.twitter.com/KJxzhUEt9s

— Ben Zeisloft (@BenZeisloft) October 15, 2024

I prefer to worship at home, but every now and then I’ll attend a service

— Alpha-Bravo (@aburk203) October 15, 2024

We’re ALL under spiritual attack! That’s WHY I go to church. The sacraments strengthen me. Other people’s brokenness (be it the priest or others in the pews) shouldn’t detract from one’s journey towards holiness. Otherwise you’re allowing Satan to win you over.

— Marie (@PilienUSA) October 15, 2024

God knows we need it. We need the self discipline to do it. The fact that is can be uncomfortable should be a clue that it is necessary. It is also important for the community of faith.

— MichelleD (@MonkeytoeDM) October 16, 2024

I was in the seminary for five years. Priests and seminarians are constantly dealing with never-ending drama and turmoil. It’s a rough life and many of them leave it.

— Paul De-Lis (@PaultheAcadian) October 16, 2024

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