Geraldo Rivera Opens Up About Fox News Firing & ‘Toxic Relationship’ With Co-Host
Journalist and political commentator Geraldo Rivera has opened up about his recent exit from Fox News, sharing that his “ideology” no longer fits in with the network.
Rivera, who was a regular cast member on The Five, was fired from the afternoon panel show last month. Following his departure, Rivera took to Twitter to reveal that it was his decision to quit Fox News after being let go from The Five.
Appearing on The View on Thursday, July 13, Rivera shared more details of his exit from the news network, including what led to him ultimately stepping away.
“I got a call from two of the female executives, and they said, ‘You’re off The Five, but there are plenty of other things you can do,’” he explained. “I had a year and a half left on my contract. And I said, ‘Well, stuff it, if you fired me from the No. 1 show, then I’m going to quit.’ And that’s basically what happened.”
Rivera said that in the days leading up to his last day of work, his colleagues “were so kind to me… They were so nice, remembering all the things we did together over the 20-odd years.”
The long-time host joined Fox News in 2001 as a war correspondent and served in many different roles throughout his 20+ year tenure at the network. He had been part of The Five‘s rotating line-up of guests since 2022, serving as the show’s liberal commentator.
With his long track record at Fox News, The View hosts wondered why the network didn’t just build him another show. “They could have, I guess,” Rivera said, “but my ideology does not fit Fox.”
Rivera also confessed that a “toxic relationship” with a fellow co-host played a role in his firing. “I also thought it was very unfair that I was not judged objectively in our disputes, but rather that he was always favored,” he stated, not revealing the co-worker’s name but admitting it’s a male.
“I was the one… I was suspended three times. My appearances, I had two, three appearances scheduled weekly, then bi-weekly, then monthly, then they kind of disappeared. They were canceled in the last day, right before I was supposed to go on. So, I was really ticked off.”
The Five‘s line-up regularly includes Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, and Greg Gutfeld.
“It’s not Jeanine. I love Jeanine,” he said before concluding, “Everything came to everything. Now I’m not mad at anybody. Now I’m a free person.”
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Geraldo's careeer highlights
1: Al Capone's Vault where he found 4 stupid broken bottles.
2: The View where he found 4 broken brains.
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I'm so glad he's gone he was so irritating. The worst thing was his bragging about was he has when so many people can't afford food.
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I think he doesn’t really want to except the truth about anything. Jerry is rich and live in probably gated communities or secured by some other means but thinks the rest of the people doesn’t need to be safe he make excuses for criminals he is the biggest fake on any media platform. Glad he is gone
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Well, clearly we know who he was at conflict with, but, honestly, a classier individual would have just left graciously. Why is it that as a culture, we absolutely have to trash someone?
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Don’t forget that Elvis did not die from drugs.
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He is trying to stay relevant he says whatever he thinks people want to hear not really what the truth is just my opinion I guess
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God is calling you, Geraldo!
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Greg got him out? No...Geraldo always was unbearable.
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Wow, I never realized he was gone.
Who was the conflict with?
GG?
JW?
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