I used to find him very distasteful until I actually watched an episode.
I still find his views on women to be distasteful but if you watch anything he has said about Jews in the past few years IN CONTEXT, you would know that Carlson's description of Fuentes "hating all Jews" does not accurately reflect his position.
It's much easier to argue against that strawman than it is to argue against Fuentes' actual position.
So he's controlled by someone.
Or he's a grifter.