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Maria Bartiromo shared her first public comments since her sudden exit from Fox News and Fox Business last week.
In a post on social media, Bartiromo thanked “all friends & followers” for their support, and shared a photo
of a rainbow breaking through clouds. She also teased that there will be “more to come” in her story.
“Thank you to all friends & followers for your amazing words I am so grateful for the outpouring of love on SM & texts,” Baritroomo wrote in a post Thursday on X. “I love you all. here’s a great shot of the 🌈 breaking through, I snapped the other day. More to come”
Bartiromo, who had been with Fox News and Fox Business for more than 12 years, was originally hired as a business anchor. In recent years, she has become increasingly enamored of Trump and has promoted various MAGA conspiracy theories. Bartiromo was the first Fox anchor to promote false claims about the 2020 presidential election; she was among Fox News staffers including Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro who were named in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News in 2021. Fox ultimately settled the matter, paying Dominion $787.5 million.
On Sept. 3, Fox News said it parted ways with Bartiromo, who joined as an anchor at both Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel in 2013. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” the company said in a statement.
The following day, Bartiromo‘s attorney, Bryan Freedman, said that she had not been fired by Fox and suggested she was ready to take legal action against the company. “The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false,” Freedman said.
Citing a source familiar with the situation, Variety reported that Fox News believes Bartiromo shared with the White House a directive from network bosses cautioning staffers against supporting outlandish claims made by Trump. Bartiromo had wanted to pursue a story about Trump’s claims in a July 16 speech, in which he alleged China had illegally accessed millions of voter files to try to manipulate U.S. elections in 2018 and 2020, media industry newsletter Status reported.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump shared his surprise about Fox taking Bartiromo off the air. “I can’t believe Maria Bartiromo is no longer going to have her great show(s) on FoxNews/Business,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account. “Three different shows, always number one. Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior. Her fans, of which there are many, will not be happy. God bless you, Maria!”
