Longtime host and political commentator Geraldo Rivera has announced his departure from Fox News after being fired from his role on the network’s daily roundtable show, The Five. 

Rivera, who had been associated with Fox News for over two decades, announced his departure on Twitter.

In the previous week, news surfaced that Rivera had been removed from The Five due to on-screen disagreements with co-hosts Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters. Rivera had been one of a handful of relatively liberal co-hosts on the panel show, alongside analyst Jessica Tarlov and former US Representative Harold Ford Jr.

Throughout his stint at Fox News, Rivera had increasingly moved away from his early conservative beliefs and had grown more critical of the network’s hosts and anchors. Prior to his fame, he was a local journalist in New York and gained national acclaim for his investigative journalism, including a noteworthy exposé on Willowbrook, a Staten Island facility for the developmentally disabled, and the much-publicized revelation of Al Capone’s vault.

Rivera’s exit from Fox News marks the close of his prolonged tenure at the network, where he has been a fixture since 2001. In 2021, he entered into a new agreement with Fox as a correspondent-at-large and was due to host a show on the network’s streaming service, FOX Nation.

The revelation of Rivera’s departure follows Fox News’ disclosure of its new primetime roster, with Jesse Watters assuming the 8 pm slot previously held by Tucker Carlson. The reasons behind Carlson’s exit from the network earlier this year remain speculative, especially in the aftermath of the company’s significant legal settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.

The sudden expulsion of Rivera from The Five and his subsequent resignation from Fox News have triggered speculation regarding the network’s future and the changing dynamics among its hosts. Rivera made his final bow on Fox & Friends on Friday, June 30.