MEGHAN MCCAIN: Here's the truth behind Tucker Carlson's reckless fall from Fox ... trends now
As the dust settles from one of the biggest media industry bombshells in years, I find myself asking: Did Tucker Carlson actually want to be fired from Fox News?
There's a lot of head scratching going on just a few days after Monday's Cable News Massacre. Carlson and CNN poster boy Don Lemon were let go on the same day, less than an hour apart, and it set tongues wagging.
At least Lemon's firing made some sense. Known for his dramatic, empty progressivism and deeply unserious commentary, Don had been causing drama and embarrassment for his colleagues and company for years.
It was even recently reported that decades ago Lemon sent veteran journalist Kyra Phillips, a dear friend of mine, threatening text messages from an anonymous phone number in a fit of apparent jealously. CNN denied it happened.
I have other friends who have worked alongside Don and the nicest thing they have to say about him is that he's a wildly egotistical misogynist. So, no huge surprise, right?
But Tucker is a different story. Say what you want about his politics and revisionist take on the January 6th riots, but he was well-liked inside the walls of 1211 6th Avenue, the headquarters of Fox News Channel.
That is – until recently.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Fox News lawyers were trying to avoid revealing Tucker's private messages in legal filings related to that recent (and quite costly) lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems.
Tucker had reportedly called a senior Fox News executive 'the c-word.' Yet, when the Fox News host heard that his insult was being swept under the rug, he was upset about it.
As the dust settles from one of the biggest media industry bombshells in years, I find myself asking: Did Tucker Carlson actually want to be fired from Fox News?
Carlson and CNN poster boy Don Lemon were let go on the same day, less than an hour apart, and it set tongues wagging.
'He wanted the world to know what he had said about the executive,' the WSJ reported.
Ouch. Not exactly the behavior of Mr. Popular.
Then, there are the allegations of one of his former producers, Abby Grossberg. She claims everything from egregious misogyny to antisemitism to bullying.
The ex-booker says her workspace on the first day of her employment on Team Tucker was covered in pictures of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi wearing a plunging one-piece swimsuit.
Grossberg also alleged that she was once called into the office of Tucker's executive producer and asked point blank if Fox News host Maria Bartiromo was having an affair with Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
Beside all that, she says the Carlson Crew made her life a living hell and drove her to mental collapse.
Now to be clear, these are allegations. And Grossberg may have her day in civil court. But, I know, for a fact, that Tucker was breaking the norms of Fox News company culture.
He went after my husband, who is a Fox News contributor, after
