Tucker Carlson and Fox News part ways in shock announcement
Tucker Carlson and Fox have parted ways
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Primetime host on Fox News Tucker Carlson has left the network with immediate effect, it has been announced.
The 53-year-old will have no sendoff show as his last show aired on Friday.
A statement from the network read: “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.
“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.”
Fox class A shares dropped nearly four per cent on Monday following the announcement.
Carlson was Fox’s top-rated primetime host, with an average of over three million viewers tuning in each night for his program.
His departure came less than a week after it agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over coverage surrounding Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud.