Kanye West made some news recently for wearing a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt at Paris Fashion Week, which has created a lot of outrage—wondering how West’s new friend Tucker Carlson feels about it.

FACTZ has learned that West and Carlson have become close and texted often. They became friends of mutual respect, and Carlson wanted West as a guest on his show. West, who knows how to make a wild publicity move, knew going on Tucker Carlson would get a lot of attention.

They respected each other a lot and were connected through friends. Tucker likes to befriend everyone he plans to interview, taking many to dinner the night before.

It looks like it may happen sooner rather than later, as Kanye West has befriended conservative commentator Candace Owens with whom he proudly wore the shirt. This year, Kanye had done interviews with Fox News about his GAP fallout before his big Good Morning America interview, where West showed a warmer side. He recently signed with 50 Cent’s publicist, so it should be interesting to see where he goes from after this backlash.