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Geraldo Rivera officially QUITS Fox News after 23 years at the network - a week after being booted from The Five due to dust-ups with co-hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld
Daily Mail UK ^ | June 29, 2023 | Sophie Mann

Posted on 06/29/2023 4:19:11 PM PDT by Morgana

Longtime host and political commentator Geraldo Rivera announced his official departure from Fox News Thursday afternoon via a Twitter video, which he filmed while on a boat.

'Bumpy day on the North Atlantic. Anyway, I got fired from @TheFive so I quit Fox. After 23 years tomorrow Fox and Friends could be my last appearance on the network. Thanks for the memories,' he captioned the video.

The 79-year-old said he had been fired from The Five - Fox's daily roundtable political commentary show - and so he subsequently quit the network after more than two decades.

He added he would have more to say about his departure on Fox & Friends Friday morning.

The news of Rivera's departure was seemingly a long time coming, as news broke last week he had been booted from The Five following a number of on-air disagreements between him and co-hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld.

Rivera, who has been a staple of FOX News since 2001, announced his sudden ouster on Twitter last week, writing: 'It's official, I'm off The Five. My last scheduled show appearances are Thursday and Friday June 29th and 30th.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: foxnews; geraldo; jerryrivers; rivera
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more rats jumping from the sinking ship?
1 posted on 06/29/2023 4:19:11 PM PDT by Morgana
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EAD, Jerry Rivers. RIH.


2 posted on 06/29/2023 4:24:29 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: Morgana

So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night!


3 posted on 06/29/2023 4:25:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Morgana

Boo- hoo girl needed here.... nothing to say, could care less. Go enjoy retirement fool..


4 posted on 06/29/2023 4:27:07 PM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: Morgana

He quit his job in protest just before his 80th birthday, that’s really taking a stand.


5 posted on 06/29/2023 4:27:13 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Morgana
An exit that improves Fox, there is still hope.

6 posted on 06/29/2023 4:28:42 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: waterhill

7 posted on 06/29/2023 4:28:45 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: StAnDeliver
I didn't like Jerry when I WAS WATCHING Faux News.

Now, I don't CARE...

...unless Jerry goes to NewsMax.

8 posted on 06/29/2023 4:30:14 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good. )
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To: Morgana

That, or Jerry’s suffering some senior agitation. Getting in ‘dustups’ with everyone.


9 posted on 06/29/2023 4:30:43 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Menehune56

Thanks!


10 posted on 06/29/2023 4:31:20 PM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: lee martell

For those who didn’t see this part of TV history:
In an interview with Barbara Walters:
Nov 30, 2017 Guardian

Headline:
Bette Midler renews allegation Geraldo Rivera groped her.

Actor posts video of 1991 interview in which she describes alleged assault, saying TV host and producer pushed drugs ‘under my nose’....

(Midler was in the hall and when the door opened, Rivera grabbed her and pushed the first drug popper under her nose before she could fight back.)

In the clip, Midler hesitates in recounting what she alleges happened with Rivera during his visit to interview her in the early 70s, saying it will get her in trouble. “Get in a little trouble,” Walters encourages her.

After Rivera and a producer left their TV crew in another room, they “pushed me into my bathroom. They broke two poppers and pushed them under my nose and proceeded to grope me,” she said. “Poppers” is slang for the alkyl nitrites class of drugs.

“I did not offer myself up on the altar of Geraldo Rivera,” said Midler, calling his behavior “unseemly”.


11 posted on 06/29/2023 4:32:09 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Morgana

Gee, that’s a shame.


12 posted on 06/29/2023 4:34:53 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: ansel12

What makes me sick is that assclown will show up on another network instead of going quietly into the night. Narcissistic asshat.


13 posted on 06/29/2023 4:35:02 PM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: Morgana

Any time jerry rivers leaves a crowded room, the IQ doubles.


14 posted on 06/29/2023 4:37:48 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Morgana

Whorealdo, let me be among the countless many to say GFY, D-bag.


15 posted on 06/29/2023 4:38:54 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Morgana

16 posted on 06/29/2023 4:41:29 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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Mike Wallace comes to mind. These fools think they matter till the day they die.


17 posted on 06/29/2023 4:44:03 PM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: Morgana

Put him back into his safe.


18 posted on 06/29/2023 4:47:35 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Morgana

Great news. That way, I don’t have to hit the mute button every time his silly little face covering a totally non functional brain comes on screen.


19 posted on 06/29/2023 4:48:21 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Morgana

Since he is 79, he may just retire!
I would!


20 posted on 06/29/2023 4:48:51 PM PDT by AZJeep
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