‘Most People Fired Me.’ Tucker Carlson Opens Up 2 Years After Fox Breakup

It has been two years since Tucker Carlson answered a call on a Monday morning in late April to learn that Fox News had canceled his show.

“I got fired from Fox for saying things they didn't like,” Carlson told The Daily Signal during an exclusive interview at The Heritage Foundation's Annual Leadership Conference.

“That's all right, you know, it's not my company,” Carlson said of his ousting from Fox, adding, “I wasn't one of those people like, ‘you can't fire me.’ It's like, of course you can fire me!”

Fox was not the first major network to end its relationship with Carlson.

“I got fired once for low ratings [and] once for being kind of a lunatic,” Carlson said. The political commentator worked at CNN and MSNBC before later going on to work at Fox News.

Looking back on his more than two decades working at Fox News, Carlson said, “I would always say to Fox, ‘I'm not going to take instruction, I mean, you hired me to get decent ratings, I've done that. If you don't like what I say, you can take me off the air, but you're not going to control my show, just fire me.’ … And that seemed like that had always been our deal.”

After spending about 30 years working in the world of cabal news, Carlson said, “I liked everyone I worked for, including the people who fired me.”

Since his breakup with Fox News, Carlson started his own company and launched a YouTube channel, which now has nearly 4 million subscribers, where he shares multiple video interviews each week.

Carlson hosts a wide range of guests on his show. Between March 5—March 7, Carson released interview with Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently in prison for fraud, Jonathan Roumie, who play Jesus in “The Chosen,” and Qatar Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

“I have varied interests, you know, but I'm interested in people,” Carlson said.

While Carson said he could have retired after losing his job at Fox News and pursued his passions for trout fishing, bird hunting, carpentry, his love of people kept him in the news and political commentary space.

“But I really love talking to people. I like learning—that sounds like BS, but it's actually fully sincere. And I love that more than I love money. I would do that for free,” he said.

Tune in to find out what happens next.

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