Fox host Tucker Carlson has been mocked for days after his homoerotic documentary trailer on testosterone. But in video clips Sunday, one of Carlson's new therapies for low-T, something he claims exists only because of the emasculation of men.
As a fact-check, low testosterone levels are consistent with age in men and have been observed since the late 1920s. Carlson appears to believe that it isn't a natural part of aging. One of the solutions he pushed on his special was "testicle tanning." It's a kind of red-light therapy that the documentary claims is a solution to low T. It's unclear if someone could get a sunburn as a result of the "testicle tanning," however.
After the segment, Carlson welcoming rocker Kid Rock, who couldn't stop laughing about the idea of "testicle tanning."
"Dude, stop," Rock said. "Dude, stop. Testicle tanning?"
Board-certified Urologist Dr. Ashley Winter, MD posted that there is no data on "testicle tanning." In a Twitter thread, she explained that
Since homeopathy does nothing, bromeopathy is when bros endorse garbage treatments that also do nothing— Ashley Winter MD || Urologist (@Ashley Winter MD || Urologist) 1650236424
Maybe red light therapy to the scrotum reduces redness of the scrotal skin, I dunno. It does NOT penetrate the dartos, tunica vaginalis, and tunical albuginea of the testes & stimulate testes production of testosterone. That is complete and utter garbage that zero data supports— Ashley Winter MD || Urologist (@Ashley Winter MD || Urologist) 1650237175
I've gone down a rabbit hole of trying to find the "tons of data," supporting testicle tanning is & one of the quoted articles is this 1981 study of red light exposure to the nads of Japanese quail that have been surgically blinded via optic nerve sectioning vs ocular enucleationpic.twitter.com/bFefGB5LmT— Ashley Winter MD || Urologist (@Ashley Winter MD || Urologist) 1650300556
See the clips below:
Next guest up for Tucker is Kid Rock, who seems befuddled by the previous segment on testicle tanning. Tucker tries to get him to take it seriously, but even Kid is confused.pic.twitter.com/UFowYYFvdZ— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650234634
