Tucker Carlson and Fox News have agreed to part ways, the network said Monday. “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,” the network announced.
Carlson’s exit comes less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the election software company’s defamation claim.
Carlson was to be among the witnesses to testify if the case had come to trial. Carlson was Fox News’ most watched personality, making his exit all the more surprising, but he also was its most controversial host.
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