Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host, left the network in April 2023 without explanation. News outlets have reported that Carlson was fired on the personal order of Fox owner Rupert Murdoch for, among other things, using vulgar language to describe a female executive. Carlson was one of the network’s biggest stars, and gained a large following while spouting xenophobic and racist rhetoric on his show, Tucker Carlson Tonight. Carlson’s departure is reportedly connected to a lawsuit filed by his former senior booking producer Abby Grossberg, who claimed she faced sexism and a hostile work environment. Fox News said in an official statement that Carlson and the network had “mutually” agreed to separate. Carlson has not commented publicly on the loss of his Fox News show, but he has posted a cryptic two-minute video on his Twitter account that did not explain his exit, but offered sweeping complaints about the state of American discourse. Carlson implied his fans had not seen the last of him. Since leaving Fox, Carlson has begun producing a bare-bones version of his Fox program, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” and posting it directly to Twitter.