Last month, Dan Bongino announced he was ending his television program with Fox News. Speculation ran rampant for reasons why he was departing, and he has now commented on what ultimately led to his departure.
During an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show, Bongino shared the timing was both right for him to end the program while also noting that it was what was best for his situation personally.
“I was in a position with them where I could walk away from a show on Fox and say, ‘I’m sorry, that’s not my vision.’ And it’s different. But someone told me later that, in the end, they weren’t that eager the last few weeks to make this thing work because ‘You could be a little aggravating to work with’, and they’re not wrong,” Bongino said.
He added that the timing of the program wasn’t ideal for his situation, either.
“They wanted the show. I just had a different vision for my role at the network and that’s okay. I’m not the Saturday guy, Megyn, I’m sorry I can’t work six days a week,” he continued. “I’ve got young kids and I’m not working six days a week. And even though we recorded the show on Friday, you know, the inside baseball of Fox, what happens when there’s breaking news? Which with Trump out there is all the time — you gotta be on.”
Bongino noted that he does not have an agent and negotiates his own deals, which is why he has as much firsthand knowledge about the situation. He claimed that his departure had nothing to do with the network being now viewed anti-Trump or being apart of the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit. He said Fox News was “dying to re-up” for his weekend program, but a deal couldn’t be struck.
