BONUS: ‘Most People Fired Me.’ Tucker Carlson Opens Up 2 Years After Fox Breakup

The Daily Signal Podcast

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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It has been two years since Tucker Carlson answered a call on a Monday morning in late April to learn that Fox News had canceled his show. “I got fired from Fox for saying things they didn't like,” Carlson told The Daily Signal during an exclusive interview at The Heritage Foundation's Annual Leadership Conference. “That's all right, you know, it's not my company,” Carlson said of his ousting from Fox, adding, “I wasn't one of those people like, ‘you can't fire me.’ It's like, of course you can fire me!” Fox was not the first major network to end its relationship with Carlson. Tune in to find out what happens next: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.8	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:07.4	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:10.8	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:17.2	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.1	Now that's term time working.
0:24.5	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.8	10 weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.0	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.8	Conditions apply.
0:32.6	I would always say to Fox, I'm not going to take instruction.
0:34.5	I mean, you hired me to get decent ratings.
0:35.2	I've done that.
0:37.8	If you don't like what I say, you can take me off the air,
0:42.1	but you're not going to like control my show, just fire me. And they're like, okay, and they exercise that option. And that seemed like that had always been our deal. Well, Tucker, thank you
0:46.2	so much. Oh, thank you for having me. Are you kidding? This is a joy. So we are, we're speaking
0:50.6	at the Heritage Foundation's annual leadership conference in Florida. You're giving an address on the main stage.
0:55.8	We're kind enough to give us a little bit of time.
0:57.1	Oh, I love it.
0:58.3	The last time that you spoke at a big heritage event was about two years ago at the Heritage Foundation
1:04.6	50th anniversary, just outside Washington, D.C.
1:07.7	It was almost exactly two years ago.
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