Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson wasnt a big fan of Fox Nation , despite his second show that aired on the right-wing networks online subscription site.

In fact, he thought it sucks, according to footage obtained by progressive watchdog group Media Matters .

I dont want to be a slave to Fox Nation, which I dont think that people watch anyway, he said in the clip.

Fox News unexpectedly dropped Carlson last week, days after the network agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems.

Media Matters said the video was recorded last year, likely as Carlson prepared for a segment with right-wing social media influencer Andrew Tate . The conversation took place a few months before Tate was arrested in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking and other allegations.

Carlson wanted the interview to air on his nighttime show on Fox News, and not on Fox Nation, where he complained nobody would see it.

Nobody watches Fox Nation because the site sucks. So Id really like to just dump the whole thing on YouTube, he said. Im just frustrated with it. Its hard to use that site. I dont know why theyre not fixing it. Its driving me insane.

He added:

Were like working like animals to produce all this content, and the people in charge of it, whoever that guys, whatever his name is, like, theyre ignoring the fact that the site doesnt work. And I think its like a betrayal of our efforts. Thats how I feel. So I, of course, I resent it.

Carlson, a conspiracy theorist known for promoting white nationalist and other extremist views , hosted a show called Tucker Carlson Today for Fox Nation. He also did a series of online specials on topics such as testicle tanning to raise testosterone levels, a supposed liberal plot to get people to eat bugs, and a lengthy bit of revisionist history defending the Jan. 6 rioters .

See the full behind-the-scenes video, as posted by Media Matters, below: