Context Patricia Swanson, who married Tucker Carlson's father when Tucker was 10 years old, is an heiress to the wealth generated by the Swanson TV dinner company her grandfather Carl Swanson founded. But the family sold Swanson-branded food products to Campbell's in 1955. Details about how much Patricia Swanson inherited have not been made public. Origin In late March 2021, social media users shared memes that claimed Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s family owns the food brand Swanson — producer of TV dinners — and warned readers to avoid buying the Swanson brand if they don’t like the views espoused by Carlson. Here is an example of one such post on Facebook: