Former Fox News host Glenn Beck slammed the network over its shocking decision to part ways with primetime pundit Tucker Carlson.
On Monday, the network announced Carlson's departure from the network, sharing that his final program was aired last Friday. The timing of the Fox News icon's sudden departure comes nearly one week after the network agreed to pay a nearly $800 million settlement to Dominion Voting Systems. (RELATED: Fox News Reaches Last-Minute Settlement With Dominion Voting Systems)
The network did not provide further comment on the host's departure beyond a statement thanking him for his contributions to the network.
Beck criticized the network over the controversial announcement, saying the move was effectively “suicide” for the network.
“Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Now, I don't know what that means. You know, we're in wild speculation territory,” Beck said on his BlazeTV program, noting the timing following Fox's nearly $800 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems last week.
“You know, could be that he was fired because of, you know, they just paid out, you know, almost a billion dollars and they don't want any chance of anything, but that's suicidal. To me, this is a suicidal move for Fox,” he said. “If it's their move.”
Before the launch of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Carlson was co-host of “FOX & Friends Weekend” from 2012 through 2016.
Carlson previously served as an MSNBC host from 2005-2008 and also appeared on CNN earlier in his career. He founded The Daily Caller in 2010 but sold his stake in the political news website in 2020.
Beck left his gig hosting a Fox show in 2011. He recently appeared on Carlson's program to discuss former President Trump's surrender to authorities in New York after an indictment by a grand jury. (RELATED: Trump Indictment Unsealed)
A number of conservative commentators have criticized the news of Carlson's sudden ouster.
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Good call Glenn Good call
They survived getting rid of Glen Beck, who spent entire hours reading you with nonsense and then blowing it off at the last minute. They survived losing Bill O’Reilly. They’ll survive losing dam Bongino, Tucker Carlson said and anyone else about to be fired.
Sicko lib much????
They’re already losing — stock began plunging almost immediately after Tucker announced their inexplicable firing of him and Dan Bongino!! Oh, happy day! They are getting their just desserts.
Glenn who?
Already have canceled all Fox except morning show.,,. and if they touch one of them it is all over for this crowd. Go Woke. Go Broke… they did not get the message from Bud light nor Disney nor other corporate idiots. I liked Bret.
Yas, yas, this is what happens to Foxes in the Henhouse who crow without forethought, and now we have a Murder of Crows doing the carrion dance as if vultures…………Hmm…………….
It would be great to see Fox die of sudden death syndrome!
And see Tucker and Bongino start their own network, and name it WOLF News — wolves destroy foxes really quickly in a fight! 😊👏
FOX News is definitely the loser on this one, and I’m jumping for joy! And all these years I thought FOX was a proponent of truth-telling. Well until recently when the little boy Murdoch took over. And glad to see their stock falling almost immediately after Carlson’s announcement, and continues to fall. Hey, FOX — you and Anheuser Busch — birds of a losing feather now. And many of your previous viewers are out here applauding YOUR loss!!
Watch now for Pravda-ization of Fox News. They will hover about the mainstream media, I fear, and sooner or later, join them.