Longtime Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto recently announced that he is concluding his career at the network after nearly three decades. Cavuto explained in a post-segment monologue this week that it was his final show on Fox News, illustrating how fulfilling his time on the network has been despite the ups and downs.
Cavuto told the audience, “This is it, the final segment. But today, I also wanted to let you know, this is my final show. I am leaving Fox. I’ve been planning this day for some time. This just seemed like a good time. Now, some of you might be thinking, well, nearly and it’s about time, after all, I’ve been doing this for nearly three decades.”
However, Cavuto noted that he isn’t entering retirement and plans to continue working in media. “But I’m not leaving journalism. I’m just leaving here, but I’m forever grateful to my bosses here. They’ve been very good to me these many years and offered a very generous opportunity for me to stay years more,” he added in his closing comments.
Outlining some of the challenges he has faced over the years, he continued, “That’s pretty amazing considering the fact that I don’t know, I might have missed a day or two here and there, battling everything from multiple sclerosis and COVID to countless infections, even open heart surgery. Then there were all of those awful series of hangnails.”
“I might have been unlucky in health, but very lucky for the support I got here and the things I got to do here because I got to do what I love to do, report the news. not shout the news, not blast the news, not well, call names, just call balls and strikes,” he said. “Following the news to hold truth to power and fairness to all. That’s it.”
Honoring the production crew behind the scenes, Cavuto said, “But while you see me, you really don’t see the people behind me, the producers and writers and cameramen and directors across three shows all these years carrying me, and that can be a pretty heavy lift, so blame them if I said something that ticked you off.”
However, Cavuto said he would not miss the negativity that comes from being a mainstream media personality. “I’m leaving out the nasty ones who called me back, forgetting, as I often said, that the camera had 50 pounds until one dude saw me in person and said, you know, Neil, it wasn’t the camera. Or those who email that I do things that I think were anatomically impossible to do. I got a kick out of those. Actually got a kick out of them all. Let’s just say you got me grounded.”
Watch Cavuto’s message below:
While encouraging his audience to cherish and love those whose bless them, he urged viewers to let go of “all the stuff that divides us or the nastiness that embitters us, but the far more important stuff that unites us and defines us and lifts us. I tried to appeal to those better angels, and I’m grateful you gave me that chance.”
Signing off for the last time, Cavuto concluded, “That is why I say goodbye with only good thoughts and good wishes. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season. May the New Year be as fulfilling for you, as these nearly 30 Incredible Years, you blessed me. That means a lot. You do, too. Thank you.”
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