As Tucker Carlson signed off Friday night, he gave no hint that this would be the last edition of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to air on Fox News.
Carlson was chowing down on pizza supplied by delivery man Tyler Morell, who had recently helped police in Pennsylvania catch a fleeing suspect.
After taking a few bites, the Fox News host gave his routine goodbye to his audience of millions.
“That’s it for us for the week. We’ll be back,” he said.
“We’ll be back on Monday,” Carlson said moments later. “In the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones that you love, and we’ll see you then.”
Here was the end of what turned out to be Tucker Carlson's final Fox News show last Friday. Certainly no indication that he didn't expect to be on the air tonight. In fact Tucker's final words are, "we'll be back on Monday." pic.twitter.com/F9R5MpWHDK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 24, 2023
On Monday, however, Fox News announced Carlson would not be returning.
“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” the network said in a statement emailed to The Western Journal.
“Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 PM/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named,” the statement said.
On Friday, after speaking at a Heritage Foundation event, Carlson noted he formerly worked as a copy editor for the conservative organization’s quarterly review, according to The Hill.
“If things go south for Fox News, there’s always a job for you here,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said.
“You’ve saved me before,” Carlson said.
Twitter buzzed at the news of his departure from the network.
My Take: @TuckerCarlson is a great journalist and an amazing person. I will miss him. I wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do. The future is bright for him. pic.twitter.com/RdV1mfcTkW
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) April 24, 2023
Tucker Carlson became, for a time, BIGGER than Fox News. His disappearance will ripple through Fox, the wider TV world and the GOP. One of the many impacts is $$$: Fox is pushing for higher carriage fees from distributors right now, and without Tucker, Fox has less leverage.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 24, 2023
Wherever Tucker Carlson goes, America will follow!
Thank you for being one of the greatest and most powerful voices in the conservative movement.
Can’t wait to see what’s next!
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 24, 2023
Tucker Carlson is an abomination, a driver of conspiracy and the worst our nation has to offer. Good riddance. https://t.co/YA7E9uznZT
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 24, 2023
.@TuckerCarlson has been engaging in the best journalism on TV uncovering and exposing the truth.
This is a huge loss to @FoxNews. https://t.co/X4xGpTc1qc
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) April 24, 2023
In writing about Carlson’s departure, The Hill noted it came after Fox News settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. Dominion had claimed it was defamed by the network’s allegations of rigged voting machines in the 2020 election.
Fox got rid of Tucker, and I GOT RID OF FOX. Newsmax 100% now.
Fuck you Paul Ryan.
BlackRock second largest owner of Fox and most everything else. Demanding ESG in all it controls including government and financial institutions.
Tucker Carlson is the best in the industry. He is honest, intelligent, and kind. He always does his homework and is well versed on the subject matter before him. He was ethical and always gave people a chance for rebuttal if they wanted it; he was fair. His show wasn’t number one for no reason. Tucker isn’t afraid to expose the truth; something many others are.
Many viewers had already left FOX after their Election Day BS, but others stayed primarily because of Tucker; I was proudly in that category. There are some other personalities with FOX that are good reporters, but many of them were better and excelled because of Tucker’s lead. He was unafraid and helped some of the others cross that line by example.
FOX will pay a well deserved steep price for loosing Tucker, but the public are the real losers here. No one else brought the Truth to the American public like Tucker did. Wherever he goes people will follow. One can only imagine how much better his show would have been with having to look over his back at FOX management. I’m sure FOX made it difficult for him to inform the public of the real truth behind things that no one else had the guts to do.
If it was about the BS Dominion ruling, why didn’t FOX appeal the settlement. Whatever loss FOX incurred is chump change compared to what the are going to loose now. The Stock Market already reflects this and that is going to get a lot worse. FOX will no longer enjoy top ratings in any demographic arena; they will be no better than the rest of the MSM fake news media. I believe the goal was always to eliminate Tucker as he was a threat to the progressive lefties and a larger concern to them than the entire Republican Party.
I’m done with FOX altogether; dropped all affiliation, apps, and subscriptions. I’m looking forward to Tucker’s next venture; he is one of the few honest, unbiased and unafraid journalists that we have in this messed up Country we’re living in today!
No Tucker – no Fox in our house!
Fk The Stinkin Project. At least Brian Stelter had a bit of class but NOT the traitors at the Stinkin Project. May they rest in an outhouse.