{"id":11463,"date":"2025-04-19T17:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=11463"},"modified":"2025-04-19T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:45:13","slug":"former-fox-host-speaks-about-being-fired-via-teleprompter-amid-carlson-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=11463","title":{"rendered":"Former Fox Host Speaks About Being Fired Via Teleprompter Amid Carlson Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Fox News host Melissa Francis has spoken about her departure from the network amid the fallout from Tucker Carlson and Fox News \u201cparting ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Megyn Kelly on Sirius XM, Francis began by recalling an alleged incident in which Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott \u201cshrugged it off\u201d when her supervisor at the network sent an email calling Francis a \u201cmisogynistic sexist name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I worked at Fox News, there was a manager of mine who sent an email calling me a misogynistic, sexist name, and talking about \u2014 demeaning my behavior. He sent it around to all of the managers, and accidentally included me \u2014 we\u2019ve all done that, to be honest. When you\u2019re gossiping about someone and you add them to it too,\u201d Francis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo he did that. So when I received that email I went directly to [Fox News CEO] Suzanne Scott\u2019s office because she also was copied on the email. And I said, what the f***?\u2019 Like \u2014 I mean \u2014 and she shrugged it off. And that man who sent that email demeaning me in a sexist and misogynistic way still works there. In fact, he was the author of many of the things you read in the Dominion case,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd I checked yesterday \u2014 he\u2019s still there. So this idea, that something in a text would be so awful that they wouldn\u2019t \u2014 they\u2019re on the side of women. They don\u2019t want to subject Fox women to an environment where you have someone like Tucker saying those words \u2014 that is a bald-faced lie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis said she was axed via teleprompter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Fox News host was paid $15 million in 2022 after she filed a gender-based pay disparity claim against the company. Francis\u2019 team seems to believe she was let go from Fox News over her lawsuit against the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDmyK9sLGqo?si=vAUNmaowrL0Y7Abx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>During an interview late last year, Francis first spoke about her departure from Fox News while speaking with Megyn Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis said that she had a studio in her home with cameras and a teleprompter operated remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo the lights go on. I have a robotic camera so I don\u2019t have the power to turn any of it on and off. That\u2019s done from the studio. So the lights come on, the teleprompter comes on\u2026 I went over, I sat down, I clicked on my mic. I checked in, we talked to the producers, we did the whole thing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m about to go. And it comes up in the prompter, \u2018You\u2019ve been canceled\u2019 and I said, \u2018What what\u2019s going on?\u2019\u201d Francis recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd all of a sudden, everything went dead in my living room, just lights out, everything dead. And I was like, \u2018Wow, okay. This is, this is how we\u2019re doing this. Huh? Wow,\u2019\u201d the former host said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI talked to the show staff afterward and they were like, \u2018We had \u2014 we weren\u2019t told anything. We have no idea what happened.\u2019 And they were left scrambling. I mean, all of a sudden this poor show team had no idea and they just yanked the electricity on their anchor,\u201d Francis continued<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis\u2019 comments come after Fox News announced that the network had \u201cparted ways\u201d with Carlson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News also made headlines when it announced that host Dan Bongino had parted ways with the news network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFolks, regretfully, last week was my last show on Fox News on the Fox News Channel,\u201d the host said on his podcast, Variety&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/tv\/news\/fox-news-parts-ways-with-weekend-host-dan-bongino\/ar-AA1a6Utq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s tough. It\u2019s tough to say that. You know, I\u2019ve been there doing hits and working there for ten years\u2026so the show ending was tough. And I want you to know it\u2019s not some big conspiracy. I promise you. There\u2019s no acrimony. 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