Ex-Fox Information host Tucker Carlson stated he “actually” doesn’t know why his former community “fired” him in April.
Carlson, who’s eight episodes deep into his roughly one-month-old Twitter present, weighed in on his abrupt exit from Fox as he spoke with actor and podcast host Russell Model.
Carlson, who acknowledged his previous departures from main information networks, stated he was shocked and didn’t anticipate to be let go from Fox Information earlier this yr.
“So I used to be shocked however I wasn’t actually shocked. And I wasn’t mad. It’s not my firm and once you work for another person, that individual reserves the fitting and actually has inherently the fitting to resolve whether or not you’re employed there or not,” Carlson stated.
“I don’t know why I used to be fired, I actually don’t. I’m not indignant about it. You possibly can imagine me or not, however I feel you possibly can really feel that I’m not.”
Carlson, who added that he needs Fox nicely, took intention at The New York Occasions after it detailed a “white males struggle” textual content message he reportedly despatched to one in every of his producers – a textual content that allegedly “set off a panic” amongst higher-ups at Fox.
“There was, you already know, ugly leaking, ‘I’m a racist’ or no matter – they leaked, somebody there leaked, to The New York Occasions,” Carlson instructed Model.
“However that’s not true, and I feel the individuals who run the corporate know that’s not true. Really, don’t assume they did it. And I’m not mad about it. And I’ve been completely satisfied.”
JHB has reached out to Fox relating to Carlson’s remarks.
Carlson’s feedback arrive lower than a month after his former community reportedly despatched him a “stop and desist” letter relating to his new Twitter present, which Fox claims violates a contract with him that allegedly expires in 2025.
The community has since laid off a number of of Carlson’s former staffers and named Jesse Watters because the persona set to completely exchange the previous host’s prime-time slot later this month.