Former Fox News personality Bob Beckel claimed that his exit from the network was a “set up,” and that his comments on the matter broke a confidentiality agreement during a radio appearance on Sunday.
He was interviewed on “The Weekend Report” on KFTK 97.1 FM, a St. Louis-based radio station. Beckel spoke about his exit despite telling show producers that he was not permitted to speak on the matter.
Beckel, who was one of the original hosts of The Five, left the network in May, 2017 after he allegedly made “an insensitive remark to an African-American employee,” according to a network statement.
“I’ve decided to use your radio show to be the first time I will say this to anybody, and that is in my view that I was completely set up by someone, and my guess is they may be outside the White House, and I was set up on an absurd, racist comment,” Beckel stated. “People who know me were shocked that that would happen. Well, they were shocked because it didn’t happen.”
“Trump and I had known each other for a long time. I don’t like him, he doesn’t like me, that’s fine,” he added. “But the fact that I was set up like that, no appeal, no chance to make my case … this was not about a racist comment. This was because I was the loudest voice on that network against Donald Trump.”
“I have broken that agreement, and that’s too bad,” Beckel continued and suggested that there could be legal action “in the next six months.”
