Fox News has accused former host Tucker Carlson of breaching his contract with the cable channel after debuting his Tucker on Twitter video show earlier this week.
A letter was sent by the organization to the ex-communicated host that shared his “services shall be completely exclusive to Fox” and that he is “prohibited” from making video content for any other network or online platform. The news of the letter was first reported by Sara Fischer of Axios.
Carlson published his first video — branded as Tucker on Twitter — on Tuesday night. In the more than 10-minute-long video, the former Fox News host railed against the mainstream media for their lack of interest in discerning where the billions of dollars the U.S. government has sent to Ukraine have been allocated.
After being unceremoniously fired in April, Carlson retained the services of attorney Bryan Freedman to negotiate an exit agreement from his Fox contract. The network has reportedly offered to pay him the remainer of his contract, an offer Carlson has denied.
When reached by Axios, Freedman said “Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events.”
