Bill O’Reilly seemed to surprise Fox host Gretchen Carlson today when he didn’t run to the Fox default position of condemning the just-announced nuclear deal with Iran.

O’Reilly apparently had been scheduled to visit The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson to promote the airing of Killing Jesus on Fox this weekend and was thus on hand when the news broke.

O’REILLY: Everybody should just take a deep breath, step back and say, “OK, let’s hope it’s a decent thing.” We won’t  know until June.

…The point is, you don’t want a war with Iran, you don’t want to be bombing that country because the unintended consequences will set the world aflame so if you can get something that’s decent, you give it a shot. I think that’s a legitimate point.

You could almost hear Carlson thinking, “But, but, but…” when she asked, “What about the fact that they are a state sponsor of terrorism?”

O’REILLY: Bad country. But we’ve negotiated with bad people in the past. …So the thing is, do you destroy the bad country? We could do that. But that would be a world war. Or do you deal with the bad country and try to make it better? And that’s the path that the president wants to take.

But never fear, Fox fans. Carlson also discussed the matter with contributor KT McFarland who immediately denounced the deal, saying the U.S. “got played” by Iran and “Iran is now emboldened.” Carlson sounded a lot more in synch.

Watch it below, from today's Real Story with Gretchen Carlson.