Posted on 07/14/2023 9:23:19 AM PDT by Signalman
Geraldo Rivera revealed to the women of The View that it was a ‘very toxic relationship’ with a co-host on The Five that preceded his departure from the network after having been there for 23 years.
In his first post-Fox appearance, Rivera told The View that he was in a ‘very toxic relationship’ with one of his male co-hosts, but did not reveal the name. He claimed the network executives always ‘favored’ the co-host after their on-air disputes.
‘I thought that it was very unfair that I was not judged objectively in our disputes, but rather he was always favored and I was the one I was suspended, you know, three times.’
Rivera often got into heated debates with Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld on the panel show, however Watters recorded a personal message for him which was featured during his sendoff.
While Rivera spoke highly of many of his former Fox colleagues, praising their journalistic work and how he was treated on his way out, he condemned the network for its coverage of the 2020 election and post-January 6 coverage. He heavily criticized former Fox heavyweight Tucker Carlson, saying he will ‘never forgive’ him ‘for what he did about January 6.’
While he complimented Carlson as an excellent writer and ‘charismatic in his presentation,’ he said that he ultimately drifted into ‘murky’ waters when he began peddling ‘conspiracy theories’ about January 6.
After Carlson’s unexpected April departure, Rivera tweeted: ‘I don’t wish ill on anybody, but there is no doubt – as I said at the time – Tucker Carlson’s perverse January 6 conspiracy theory was “b******t.”
Rivera said that ‘Fox had a moral crisis after the election,’ and added that there was no place left for him at the network. Even though he had a year-and-a-half left on his contract, he believed his ‘ideology [did] not fit Fox.’
As for his own departure, Rivera explained that he got a call from two female Fox executives who told him he was being fired from The Five, but that they could fit him in elsewhere on the network.
He told executives that if they were firing him from the network’s top performing show that he would quit, saying, ‘that’s ‘basically what happened.’
Rivera’s departure from the network was announced on June 29.
The last real Geraldo dust up I remember was when Gutfeld called him out for bragging about how he was “helping” save the world by buying an electrical vehicle. Greg pointed out that most people couldn’t afford a $200k+ Bentley EV like he could.
Camp Peary.
Geraldo?
Tucker?
I remember exactly what I was doing that evening, and it wasn’t watching him.
It was obvious for ages that Gutfeld detested Geraldo. Towards the end, Greg didn’t even try to hide any disdain. He won this war - Geraldo is now out.
Fox should have Vivek Ramaswamy guest host, the Network has lacked IQ since Charles Krauthammer passed away.
That may have been the last straw. Gutfeld also said he doesn’t know his audience.
Like a bad penny. Have been waiting to see the last of him since the 70s.
When they had periods they all were synchronized with one another. it was adorable
Maybe it was Dan Bongino. He had an antagonistic on-air relationship with him, and it didn’t have to be that way.
Bongino is the best and Geraldo is (sigh) Geraldo.
Good lord, Geraldo. Just go away you old bastard.
I’m guessing the un-named co-host was Dan Bongino. There were times I was glad they were in different locations ‘cause it seemed Bongino would rip off Geraldo’s head.
Hannity owns a restaurant?
A very small man
No, his real name is Geraldo Rivera...
Rivera was born at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née Friedman; October 16, 1924 – June 3, 2018) and Cruz “Allen” Rivera (October 1, 1915 – November 1987), a restaurant worker and cab driver respectively.[4] He has Galego Spanish ancestry through his father, who was from Puerto Rico
That's okay... I will "never forgive" Rivera for drawing a secret troop movement map in the sand live on camera after he was allowed to attend a confidential military briefing in Iraq during Desert Storm.
-PJ
I watched his vault fiasco. I’ve always wondered why they didn’t drill a little hole and look inside ahead of it. OR maybe they did and didn’t care.
I’ll also never forget when Jerry was interviewing a Vietnam prisoner after the war who was in a wire cage. His Vietcong guard was standing over him. Jerry asked the prisoner if he was being well treated. The prisoner looked up at the guard, then looked down and shook his head no. That’s when I knew Jerry was an idiot.
Horrendo Revolver should stick to the fire escape and the bathroom instead of making a fool of himself.
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He has a expensive Restaurant where he has an entire Private side.
No, he doesn’t own.
Sorry
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