Geraldo Rivera Tells ‘The View’ He Had “Toxic Relationship” With ‘The Five’ Co-Host; Will “Never Forgive” Tucker Carlson For Jan. 6th Misinformation
deadline.comUPDATE, with video Geraldo Rivera said on ABC’s The View today that his recent firing from Fox News’ The Five came amidst his “toxic relationship” with one of the show’s co-hosts.
Rivera wouldn’t identify The Five co-host beyond saying the person was male, which leaves Jesse Watters or Greg Gutfeld. Rivera often sparred on-air with Gutfeld over issues including abortion rights and immigration, and the debates at times became personal.(Rivera specifically said today he has a good relationship with Jeanine Pirro, adding, “I discovered Jeanine.”) Watch a clip from The View below.
In a wide-ranging interview, Rivera described the atmosphere at Fox News in the wake of the Dominion lawsuit settlement as one of “fear,” indicated that he supported the decision by Ray Epps to file a defamation lawsuit against the network, said that Donald Trump “stabbed the Constitution of the United States in the back” by encouraging the Jan.
6th attack, and that he would devote whatever is left of his journalism career to opposing a Donald Trump re-election. He also said he will “never forgive” Tucker Carlson for spreading misinformation about the Jan.
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