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Report: Gutfeld Pressure May Have Pushed Williams to Quit ‘The Five’

Williams announced last week he would be leaving the program when it returns to NYC for production

Eduardo Razo

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Juan Williams announced last week he was leaving his co-host position on Fox News’ program, “The Five.” Williams cited being closer to family in Washington D.C. as the show was ready to begin recording at its studio at Fox News Media’s headquarters in New York City.

However, family reasons might not be the only reason that Williams departed the show. According to The Daily Beast, “multiple sources familiar with the matter” revealed that the run-ins with colleague Greg Gutfeld were a reason for Williams’ departure.

The report states that Gutfeld wanted “The Five” to return to the studio for its recording and felt that the only reason they were shooting remote was due to Williams, who had contracted COVID-19 last December

One network insider revealed to The Daily Beast that Gutfeld was “really pissed they’re not all back in the studio together, and he blames Juan for not being back.” 

An ex-Fox News producer stated they were “very confident” that Gutfeld was behind Williams’ exit. Then there’s a current staffer on the network who added, “[Gutfeld’s] been wanting the show back in the studio for quite some time.”

“It doesn’t surprise me that much,” another former Fox News staffer said. “Gutfeld has been a rising star at Fox for some time, and Juan has been known to get in some pretty heated debates. So with those two egos going at each other regularly, I could see it happening.”

Despite these claims, a Fox News spokesperson debunked these rumors of Gutfeld having anything to do with Williams’ departure. “Gutfeld had nothing to do with the move whatsoever,” the spokesperson said. Furthermore, they referred to the comments made by showrunner Megan Albano as the reason Williams left. 

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  1. Bunny

    May 31, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    Why are you blaming Greg for Juan’s leaving The Five. Juan became extremely argumentative with Greg, Jessie, Dagon and Katie. For the past month Juan had a resting bitch face everyday, he would shake his head and roll his eyes! He would come up with such ridiculous comments and pure made up lies. If you would ask all the fans what they think of Juan leaving you would get mostly we are glad he is no longer on The Five👍

  2. Ann Marie

    May 31, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    I am delighted that Juan is leaving the five. I really did not like his expressions on his face when
    he didn’t like what he was hearing. He is a screwed up democrat so go and don’t let the door hit
    you.

  3. Loren Cardin

    June 1, 2021 at 1:15 pm

    Why blame everyone else. He did it to himself. Everything was everyone else’s fault or Trump’s fault while he was on the Five. He was horrible.

  4. Linda Curzon

    June 1, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    I am over the moon for his departure. I had almost stopped watching the show. He did roll his eyes shake his head when anyone else spoke. An obnoxious Democrat . Thank you so much for side lining him on this show.

  5. Sue

    June 1, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    I detested Juan. He should have been removed years ago. The lies he spoke were sickening. Most times he spoke I muted the TV. The faces he made were rude and uncalled for. Glad you are gone and I hope never to see you on Fox again.

  6. PSF

    June 1, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    I really do not watch the Lies….oh I mean the five…🤣

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ABC News Announces 2024 Election Reporters

“This entire group has a shared passion and drive for chasing the truth and hitting the ground running.”

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As the 2024 election season gains momentum, ABC News has unveiled its lineup of producers and reporters who will be hitting the campaign trail, playing a vital role in the network’s political coverage in the months to come.

The 2024 election coverage team for ABC News includes Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Libby Cathey, Abby Cruz, Hannah Demissie, Fritz Farrow, Lalee Ibssa, Nicholas Kerr, Soorin Kim, Will McDuffie, Kendall Ross, and Kelsey Walsh.

In addition to the core team, ABC News has appointed five alternative staffers who will support expanded coverage of potential candidates. The alternative team consists of Kiara Brantley-Jones, Julia Cherner, Isabella Murray, Olivia Osteen, and Laura Romero.

“This entire group has a shared passion and drive for chasing the truth and hitting the ground running,” ABC News president Kim Godwin said in a note to the news division.

“I’m confident that this team — alongside our powerhouse political team including political director Rick Klein, deputy political director Averi Harper, and senior manager of newsgathering Greg Croft — will provide our news division with reputable and straightforward reporting, guiding viewers through another important election season.”

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CNN PR Executives Ousted Amid Fallout of The Atlantic Exposé

The announcement that Dornic and Coratti Kelly are leaving the organization comes just hours after it was revealed that Licht would no longer be leading the organization.

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Reverberations from The Atlantic’s feature story on now-former CNN CEO Chris Licht continue to be felt.

After Licht’s ouster Wednesday morning, it has been revealed that CNN Senior Vice President of Communications and Event Marketing Matt Dornic and CNN Global Head of Communications and Marketing Kristine Coratti Kelly have both also departed the network.

Dornic was prominently featured in Tim Alberta’s exposé on the “meltdown” at CNN, and was seen as an integral figure in giving Alberta as much access as he was allowed during his nearly yearlong assignment getting a behind-the-scenes look at Licht’s attempt to build a “new CNN”.

The announcement that Dornic and Coratti Kelly are leaving the organization comes just hours after it was revealed that Licht would no longer be leading the organization. After being hired as Jeff Zucker’s replacement in late February 2022, Licht helmed the cable outlet during one of the more tumultuous periods in its history.

The news of Dornic and Coratti Kelly’s departure was first reported by Puck News’ Dylan Byers.

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Joe Concha: Chris Licht Victim Of Internal Coup By Top CNN Talent

“I can’t recall the last time a network president at this level got axed this quickly, and it was an internal coup led by on-air talent.”

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This morning, Dana Perino, co-anchor of Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom, discussed the ouster of Chris Licht with contributor and columnist for The Messenger Joe Concha, who has been following Licht’s tenure at CNN closely.

Concha commented on the less-than-favorable feature from The Atlantic that was released prior to Chris Licht stepping down as CEO, “I wouldn’t allow a reporter to follow me around for a year including going to my workouts in the morning, and just witnessing what I’m doing around the office and then expect at the profile is going to be more positive and the negative.”

“He started there in April 2022, we are talking less than 15 months, he is gone.” Concha continued, “I can’t recall the last time a network president at this level got axed this quickly, and it was an internal coup led by on-air talent.”

Concha described the friction inside CNN, with talent and network executives vehemently disagreeing with Licht’s attempts to bring the network closer to “the middle” politically”.

“Many could not accept the fact that Licht was attempting to move the network from being seen by conservatives and many independents as an activist news network, a resistance news network, aimed at disparaging through provocative and personal opinion, those right or right of center, and thereby destroying the decent credibility it once had.”

He also noted the circumstance by which Licht entered his role as CEO, “And remember, Licht had inherited a network that had lost 75% of its audience when you’re comparing early 2021 to the spring of 2022, and new leadership there gave him marching orders there, saying move this network back to the center.”

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