George Santos says he's worried about his time in prison

Disgraced former congressman George Santos said he’s not sure he’ll survive his prison stint after being convicted of fraud and identity theft.

“I don’t know that I’ll survive it. They’re putting me in a violet prison,” Santos told Tucker Carlson on his latest “Tucker Carlson Show” episode Friday. “…I’m not a streetwise guy; I don’t know how to fight.”

Santos was sentenced to over seven years in prison in April after he pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He must report to prison on July 25.

He said he’s worried about being a gay man in prison and that he “never had to fight a day in my life.”

“I don’t know that I survived this. I am — this could be very much my last interview, and I’m not trying to be overdramatic here. I’m just being honest with you,” he said. “I look at this as practically a death sentence to what could occur to me.”

This isn’t the first time Santos has expressed worry about his time in prison. In a social media post earlier this week he said if he dies in prison, it wouldn’t be an accident. 

“I’m heading to prison, folks and I need you to hear this loud and clear: I’m not suicidal. I’m not depressed. I have no intentions of harming myself, and I will not willingly engage in any sexual activity while I’m in there. If anything comes out suggesting otherwise, consider it a lie…full stop,” he wrote.

“The statistics around what happens to gay men in BOP custody are horrifying, and that’s exactly why I’m putting this out there now. So if something does happen, there’s no confusion,” he said. “I did NOT kill myself.”

Santos became the first openly gay Republican elected to Congress when he won his New York House seat in 2022.

Soon after he was elected, the lies he told about his personal and professional background started to unravel. An ethics committee report determined there was “overwhelming evidence” he broke the law multiple times and exploited his office for profit.

He was expelled from the House in December 2023.

After he was sentenced, he took to social media to say that he believes the length of his sentence is “an over-the-top politically influenced sentence.”