Carlson’s departure from Fox News appeared to be sudden. As of Monday morning, Fox was still previewing his show that evening, where he was set to interview Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy. Carlson’s last show on Friday ended with the host eating pizza and saying “we’ll be back on Monday”. Justin Wells, Carlson’s executive producer, is also leaving the network, Semafor reported.
Fox host Harris Faulkner addressed Carlson’s departure on air Monday morning, saying the network and Carlson had “mutually” agreed to separate. “We want to thank Tucker Carlson for his service to the network,” she said.