Ice Cube recently claimed he was barred from appearing on two major talk shows — The View and Oprah — to promote his work.

The rapper and actor said during a recent appearance on former Fox anchor Tucker Carlson‘s show, Tucker on Twitter, that he suspected he wasn’t allowed on the shows because he was an “independent thinker.”

“I tried to go on The View, and they didn’t have me on The View,” he claimed. “A few of the [hosts] just really didn’t like where I was coming from. … That’s what I was told by the producers. I don’t know if the producers was just copping out and using some of the hosts to not have me come on and explain myself.”

When reached for comment by Decider, The View did not reply by time of publication.

Ice Cube said that he’d appeared on The View before, but told Carlson he was only barred from the program after he became “an independent thinker.” While he told the host, “I don’t follow their brand of politics, I guess,” he later added, “I’m not really [political].”

After sharing his View claims, Ice Cube added, “I’ve been excluded on Oprah.”

He continued, “I don’t know what it is. You know, I had a movie called Barbershop [and] I wasn’t invited to participate with the cast. I produced a show called Black. White. It was a very controversial show, and once again, they had the whole cast on, but I wasn’t invited [on Oprah].”

Ice Cube’s claims came after Carlson noted that he was surprised the rapper even agreed to appear on his own show, warning his guest, “you’re gonna take abuse” for their conversation.

“I’m not part of the go-along-to-get-along gang, so to speak,” Ice Cube replied. “I’m an outsider, and so I’m not part of the club, so I have to go places, for one, where I’m welcome and where I can voice my opinion without somebody saying I’m a bad person and that they never want to have me on their platform again.”

The rapper also spoke on his controversial decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic. He claimed it cost him $9 million, likely referring to the role he had been offered in Oh Hell No opposite Jack Black.

The news made headlines at the time, which Ice Cube admitted made him “pretty upset.”

“I never told anyone not to get vaccinated publicly,” he told Carlson, later adding, “I was pretty upset that that even came out because I was just going to quietly just not take it and deal with the consequences as they came.”