Gerardo Rivera announced his departure from Fox News in a Twitter video on Thursday, saying Friday morning’s “Fox & Friends” could be his final appearance.
“Anyway, I was fired from @TheFive, so I left Fox,” Rivera said in the post. director on Twitter. “It’s been 23 years and tomorrow’s ‘Fox and Friends’ could be my last appearance on this network. Thank you for the memories.” (Related: ‘I’m so upset about it’: Gerardo Rivera lashes out over DOJ’s prosecution of Trump)
Rivera joined the network in 2001 as a war correspondent, but had previously announced his departure from “The Five” in a newspaper on June 21. Tweet, but said he was still the network’s “general correspondent.” His departure was reportedly due to a clash with his co-hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld. according to to the daily mail.
Rivera and Gutfeld had a heated discussion about abortion on the May 4 show, in which Gutfeld criticized celebrities celebrating abortion and Rivera called the late-night host “arrogant.” .
An eventful day in the North Atlantic.got fired anyway @Five So I quit Fox. Tomorrow, 23 years later, Fox & Friends could be my last appearance on the network. Thanks for the memories. pic.twitter.com/74Qgalz8sF
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) June 29, 2023
“Good luck, Gerald. Keep going,” Gutfeld said near the end of the exchange. “You are making a fool of yourself.”
“Can I talk to you? Do you know anything about insulting punks?” Rivera replied.
The two also clashed in the aftermath of two sexual assaults at Loudoun County High School that were reportedly covered up by the Loudoun County Board of Education.
Rivera also clashed with host Lawrence Jones on May 26 over illegal immigration.
“Looking at the dark side, I think there’s a lot to see there, but if you look at my vision of an optimistic America, the rule is that you can also have the American Dream. said Rivera. “If you play by the rules.”
“They aren’t playing by the rules, Herald,” Jones said. “They aren’t playing by the rules, and our country is now giving them the red carpet for coming here and breaking the law.”
Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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