Bob Beckel is a fat old fool. He's totally without class and spews his bigotry and poor prognostications and obviously gets on the other hosts' nerves for being such a jerk. I saw a clip of him the other day how he on national television unequivocally claimed and predicted that the 'election was over' once the Access Hollywood tape came out. We saw how that turned out.
On a Five show in July, 2011, he had stated: "I'm a recovering drug and alcohol addict....cocaine was my drug of choice."
I have half a hunch that Fox is being loyal to Beckel and is giving him post-rehab moral and financial support by providing him with another gig on The Five.
(Source: Wikipedia).
Leni