Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera, a liberal-leaning pundit who appears on the network’s show The Five, has said he was “canceled” from appearing on the show.
Rivera, who has not been on-air since popular host Tucker Carlson’s firing, wrote, “My appearances today and tomorrow on The Five have been canceled. I’m sure there’s a good reason. Never fear, I’ll be back [the] week after next. Stay safe and happy. Thanks.”
“For six years, the journalist was the sole left-leaning member of the panel, and remains a political analyst for the network,” reported the Daily Mail.
Rivera’s suspended appearances on the network follow a tweet he sent regarding Carlson following the former Tucker Carlson Tonight host’s ouster, writing, “I don’t wish ill on anybody, but there is no doubt – as I said at the time – Tucker Carlson’s perverse January 6 conspiracy theory was ‘b******t.’”
The Daily Beast reported that an unnamed Fox News source said The Five’s co-host Greg Gutfeld, who also has a hit late-night show on the network, could have had something to do with Rivera being “canceled.”
“While one Fox News insider speculated to The Daily Beast that Gutfeld may have played a role in Rivera’s alleged removal, other sources within the network claimed Rivera was never on the show’s calendar to begin with—and that it was always supposed to just be Tarlov and Ford in the ‘liberal’ seat this week. Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment,” the outlet reported.
Keep him off – send him to CNN!
Finally, FOX might have done something right.