Geraldo Rivera Leaving Fox News' 'The Five'

By Stephen Andrew

Geraldo Rivera is leaving Fox News' panel show The Five. According to Deadline, Rivera shared the "official" news on Twitter, revealing that his final appearance is scheduled for the end of June. "I'm off The Five. My last scheduled show appearances are Thursday and Friday June 29th and 30th," Rivera tweeted on Wednesday. "It's been a great run and I appreciate having had the opportunity. Being odd man out isn't always easy. For the time being, I'm still Correspondent at Large." 

The Five is a top-rated Fox News show which is centered around debate and conversation that can often grow heated. Deadline noted that, as one of the show's rotating hosts, Rivera had often given voice to politically left perspective among a panel of more conservative minds. Rivera joined in 2021 — alongside other more left-leaning personalities such as Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., to serve as a rotating panelist — following former panelist Juan Williams's exit. At this time, the network has reportedly not commented on Rivera's announcement.

Notably, Rivera's Fox News exit comes two months after his fellow former network host Tucker Carlson was fired. On Monday, April 24, it was announced that Carlson and Fox News had parted ways. Later reports indicated that Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch had fired Carlson. Days later, Carlson took to social media to issue his first official statement on the matter. 

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In a video message, Carlson greeted his fans and followers, then proceeded to deliver a short speech that seemingly took jabs at his critics and old network, while also recognizing his supporters. "One of the first things you realize, when you step outside the noise for a few days, is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country and decent people who really care about what's true," Carlson began his video, then adding that "the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are."

"They're completely irrelevant," Carlson continued. "They mean nothing. In five years we won't even remember that we had them. Trust me, as someone who's participated." He later went on to say, "This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue, so it won't. When honest people say what's true calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time, the liars who've been trying to silence them shrink, and they become weaker." Carlson has since launched a new show on Twitter.

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