Geraldo Rivera says he was dismissed of "the five" "toxic relationships" with the co-host

The longtime contributor of Fox News has spoken of the quarrel behind the scenes on the view.


Three weeks later Geraldo Rivera announced that he was leaving Fox News' The five , the political commentator has revealed more details on what led to the decision. During an appearance on View On Thursday July 13, Rivera said he was dismissed THE Five Due to a "toxic relationship" he had with one of his co-hosts. The 80 -year -old diffuser also said that Fox News had offered to let him stay on the network and finish his contract, but that he decided to leave completely.

Rivera did not say about View Who The five Co-Host with which he had finished, but some interrogations See The panel reduced the field to two people. Continue reading to learn more.

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Rivera estimated that a co-host was "favored" during their disagreements.

"I was dismissed from The five , the kind of antithesis of this program, the reverse, the bitter enemy, " Rivera said on View . "I had a very toxic relationship with another of the actors."

When Sara hatred When asked if "things becoming personal" with the anonymous co-host was the reason why he had been dismissed, Rivera replied: "Of course. Always favored. And I was this one, I I was suspended three times. I had two, three apparitions scheduled each week, then bihebdomadaries, then monthly, then they somehow disappeared. They were canceled on the last day just before I was not supposed to continue. I was really checked. "

Rivera had been considered one of the liberal co-animators of the series and had appeared alongside four full-time co-animators Greg Gutfeld ,, Dana Perino ,, Jeanine Pirro , And Jesse Watters .

View The hosts pressed him for the identity of his sworn enemy.

Joy Behar and Geraldo Rivera on
The view / YouTube

When Rivera began to refer to the co-host with which he had a "toxic relationship" like "him" See The hosts stressed that it meant that it should be one of the men The five —And Gutfeld or Watters.

"So, is he a guy?" Joy Behar said. "It's not Jeanine." Rivera replied: "I love Jeanine. I discovered Jeanine ... I put her on television." As Tvline reported, Rivera presented Pirro On his talkshow, Geraldo , in the 90s to comment on the O.J. Simpson trial.

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Rivera had a controversial relationship on the antenna with Gutfeld.

Geraldo Rivera and co-hosts on
Fox News

When the Associated Press reported Rivera leaving The five In June, the article noted that there had been an obvious tension between Rivera and Gutfeld in the program and on social networks. AP noted that Rivera called Gutfeld "an arrogant punk" during a discussion on The five On abortion and things were heated during a conversation on electric vehicles. Gutfeld sarcastically tweeted About Rivera, "you are a Geraldo class act, a real man of the people", when Rivera criticized the statements of Fox News Host TUCKER Carlson made on the January 6 attack.

The AP also reported that Rivera would not comment directly Gutfeld, but that he said: "There has been an increasing tension that goes beyond editorial differences and troubles and personal reproaches. This is not worth For me."

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He decided to leave Fox News entirely.

Geraldo Rivera at the NBCUniversal TCA Press Tour in 2015
Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock

On June 29, about a week after announced that he was leaving The five ,, Rivera tweeted , "I was dismissed from @thefive so I left Fox." On View , He explained more about what led to his decision.

"I received a call from two of the women leaders, and they said:" You left The five . But there are many other things you can do, '' he said. I will stop. And that's essentially what happened. ""

Sunny hostin When asked if Fox News could have built another show for him. "They could have, I guess. But my ideology does not correspond to Fox, so they always insulted me," said Rivera. He added that the people of Fox News were courteous to him in the days preceding his departure, as evidenced A celebration at altitude of its more than 20 years contributing to the network.

In a previous statement to Better life , a Fox News spokesman said the network had "reached an amicable conclusion with Geraldo in recent weeks".

"Everything came to everything. Now I am angry with anyone. Now I am a free person," said Rivera on View . "I have no idea what I'm going to do afterwards. I am 80 years old."


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