Dan Bongino announced today that he no longer has a show on Fox News, noting his last show was last week.
He said there’s no conspiracy theory or big WWE fight, it’s just that they couldn’t come to terms on an extension of his contract:
NEWSMAX – Dan Bongino, a cancer survivor, hosted a weekend program on the network. He announced Thursday on his Rumble podcast he is out at Fox News, “with no malice toward anybody.”
“I have some personal news to share today,” Bongino said, starting his “Dan Bongino Show” at 11 a.m. Thursday. “I’m kind of dreading a little bit the beginning of the show.”
“Folks, regretfully, last week was my last show on Fox News, on the Fox News Channel,” he continued. “It’s tough. It’s tough to say that.”
He added: “It’s not some big conspiracy, I promise you. There’s no acrimony. This wasn’t some, like, WWE brawl that happened. We just couldn’t come to terms on an extension, and that’s really it.”
“The sad part is, I really enjoyed myself there, and you know, they were good to me for 10 years,” Bongino said, getting a little chocked up when he was thanking his former team.
“Why’s this hard?” Bongino praised his ratings. “We went out as No. 1,” he said. “We were the No. 1 last week, and we were the No. 1 show about 90% of the time.”
Bongino warned his listeners about fake news stemming from his departure.
“I promise you, you’re going to read a lot of left-wing articles about some nonsense,” he said. “I’m guaranteeing you, on my reputation, it is all made up. It’s just a simple, contract thing, and that’s it. No more complicated than that.”
Bongino admitted his equity in Rumble was “one of the reasons, but not the reason.”
Well this is surprising, but I guess that’s part of the business.
I’m glad it was just a contract thing and not indicative of something worse. I’ll take Bongino at this word on this.
Below is the full video of his remarks which start at the very beginning: