Geraldo Rivera leaving Fox's 'The Five': 'It has been a rocky ride'

Longtime Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera announced on Wednesday that he would no longer be a part of long-running roundtable show "The Five," marking the latest shakeup at the network.

"Morning, it’s official, I’m off [The Five]. My last scheduled show appearances are Thursday and Friday June 29th and 30th. It’s been a great run and I appreciate having had the opportunity. Being odd man out isn’t always easy. For the time being, I’m still Correspondent at Large," he tweeted. 

Rivera first joined the network in 2001 and had been a recurring fixture of the The Five since 2022. He served as one of the rotating cohosts with a more liberal viewpoint and often clashed with Jesse Waters and Greg Gutfeld.

Rivera told the Associated Press the same day that he had quit the program due to a "a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences." While he maintained leaving the show was his decision, Rivera noted that the network "didn’t race after me to say, 'Geraldo, please come back.'"

"It has been a rocky ride but it has also been an exhilarating adventure that spanned quite a few years," he added. "I hope it’s not my last adventure."

Rivera's absence on The Five is unlikely to impact the overall lineup of the network, which has seen a significant rearrangement in the aftermath of the departure of Tucker Carlson, who since started his own show on Twitter.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.