{"id":39423,"count":1,"description":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Geraldo Rivera officially announced his departure from The Five on June 30, 2023 after 14 years with the show.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022While no official reason was given, reports indicate that Rivera's firing was due to a series of controversies and tension with other co-hosts on the show.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022In recent months, Rivera had made comments on the show criticizing former President Trump and calling for stricter gun control laws. These views put him at odds with many of his conservative co-hosts and the Fox News audience.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022His co-host Greg Gutfeld had openly criticized Rivera's comments, calling them \"idiotic.\" There seemed to be tension brewing among the co-hosts.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022In April 2023, Rivera faced backlash for jokingly comparing Hunter Biden's naked photos leaked online to celebrating Independence Day. Co-host Jesse Watters called Rivera's remarks \"stupid.\"<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022Rivera announced his departure by tweeting \"I have decided to leave The Five,\" indicating that Fox News chose not to renew his contract due to the controversies and internal tension.<\/p>","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/tag\/why-was-geraldo-fired-from-the-five\/","name":"why was geraldo fired from the five","slug":"why-was-geraldo-fired-from-the-five","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>why was geraldo fired from the five<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/tag\/why-was-geraldo-fired-from-the-five\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"why was geraldo fired from the five\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Geraldo Rivera officially announced his departure from The Five on June 30, 2023 after 14 years with the show. \u2022While no official reason was given, reports indicate that Rivera&#8217;s firing was due to a series of controversies and tension with other co-hosts on the show. \u2022In recent months, Rivera had made comments on the show criticizing former President Trump and calling for stricter gun control laws. 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