I am leaving Fox, Rivera shared.
I was fired from The Five so then I said, Well, I might as well resign totally.
Geraldo Rivera’s time at Fox News is officially at an end.
Geraldo Rivera.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
The bittersweet farewell comes one day after Rivera told fans thathe quit the networkafter losing his slot onThe Five.
“I am leaving Fox,” Riveraannouncedon the Friday morning show.
I want to leave, though, not thinking about those things.
I want to leave thinking about how wonderful everyone has been to me over the last 23 years."
The tribute included a montage with clips of Rivera covering everything from the Afghanistan War toDancing With the Stars.
His coworkers even took the time to don fake mustaches to match Rivera’s signature facial hair.
“When the towers went down, I had to become a war correspondent,” Rivera shared.
But it worked out.
Everybody was open-minded and openhearted."
Rivera added, “I hope it’s not my last adventure.”
“I am 80 and I’ve been doing this for 52 years,” hewrote in a tweet.
“The problem with retiring though is my restless energy when it concerns issues important to the American people.
I feel the need to speak out, as long as some people want to listen.”
