Fox News host Shep Smith is leaving the network after 23 years
- Fox News host Shep Smith, who has long reported critically on President Donald Trump and his administration, is resigning from Fox after 23 years with the network.
Fox News host Shep Smith, who has long reported critically on President Donald Trump and his administration, is resigning from Fox after 23 years with the network.
Jay Wallace, the president of Fox Media, said Friday was Smith's last day on the job in a memo published by The Daily Beast's Max Tani.
According to the memo, Smith resigned from his post even as Fox asked him to stay on.
This comes weeks after Smith exchanged on-air barbs with fellow Fox host Tucker Carlson over Smith's coverage of Trump's Ukraine scandal.
"We respect his decision and are deeply grateful for his immense contributions to the entire network," Wallace said.
"The opportunities afforded this guy from small-town Mississippi have been many," Smith said in his last monologue on Friday. "Fox News has allowed me to travel the country and the world gathering the facts of the day for you. At Columbine, Katrina, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, 9/11, and every life-altering event along the way. I have met leaders, heroes, and victims of all stripes."