and then do it all again.”Ĭleary the notion that Virginia is for hustlers proves true. “I’d leave at 9 p.m., go home and stay up until 2 a.m. and do buying all day,” Wotherspoon told Boardroom. “Because I started eating vegan, I was able to wake up at 5 a.m., hit all the flea markets and thrifts, then go to the store at 11 a.m. For years, Weatherspoon’s schedule has started at the same time TNT airs Charmed reruns, sacrificing sleep for moonlit errands dating back to his run in Richmond. While the timestamp and locale may sound like a Drake one-off, it’s routine for the Round Two founder who rises before the sun’s up. on Melrose and Sean Wotherspoon is already hours into his day. Juan Williams, another Fox News political analyst with Democratic leanings, is expected to appear more regularly on the show, which also includes Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, and Kimberly Guilfoyle as co-hosts.The plant-based food company has brought on the Round Two founder for its first vegan clothing line.
Despite its name, the show employs more than five co-hosts, all of whom rotate in across various nights. In a memo to employees sent in April, Fox News’ human resources chief told employees, “We want to give you every opportunity to be heard” about workplace concerns.īeckel leaves after Fox News made “The Five” part of its primetime lineup just a few weeks ago, part of an effort to realign the most-watched part of its schedule after O’Reilly’s departure last month. Staffers have been urged to come forward if they believe they witness discriminatory behavior. The network has set in place a new human-resources chief and hired female executives to fill an open chief financial officer slot as well as its head of ad sales. Ailes denied the allegations and O’Reilly has said his fame made him a target had made settlements to accusers out of a desire to protect his children. Both men had been accused of sexual harassment. Fox continues to grapple with perceptions in the wake of the ousters of both Roger Ailes, its former chief executive, last year, as well as Bill O’Reilly, its top host. Wigdor’s clients have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Fox News in State Supreme Court in the Bronx, adding to a wave of litigation set against the network that levels claims of sexual harassment and cultural insensitivity. Wigdor’s client to withdraw his complaint.”įox News’ internal culture has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks. Beckel to the employee minutes after he was terminated. Beckel and facilitated an apology from Mr. Today, Fox News delivered that message to Mr. Lord responded and began the investigation. His client raised the complaint to Kevin Lord, EVP Human Resources, on Tuesday evening via email and within 7 minutes Mr. Beckel after a prompt and thorough investigation. Wigdor knows, Fox News made the decision to terminate Mr.
“As with our other 22 clients, we intend on holding 21st Century Fox accountable for these actions and will be filing multiple other complaints in other matters next week,” Wigdor said.įox News disputed that account in a statement.
In a statement, Wigdor alleged Beckel “stormed out of his office” when an African-American information-technology employee came to service his computer, “telling our client that he was leaving his office because he was black.” Wigdor alleged Fox News executives tried to get the employee to withdraw the complaint. Executives conducted an internal investigation, this person said, and decided to part ways with Beckel Friday morning.ĭouglas Wigdor, an attorney who represents several current and former employees who have alleged racial discrimination at Fox News in a lawsuit, said he is representing the employee who complained about Beckel. “Bob was missed by many fans of ‘The Five’ and we’re happy to welcome him back to the show,” said Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox News Channel and its corporate parent, 21st Century Fox, in a prepared statement, in January.įox News’ human resources department was made aware of a complaint about what one person familiar with the situation characterized as a “racially insensitive remark” on Tuesday evening. “He took tremendous advantage of our generosity, empathy and goodwill and we simply came to the end of the road with him.”īut Beckel returned to Fox News in 2017 after doing a stint at CNN, and was greeted with open arms. “We tried to work with Bob for months, but we couldn’t hold ‘The Five’ hostage to one man’s personal issues,” said Bill Shine, who was then the network’s executive vice president of programming, in a statement at the time. He departed in 2015 while recuperating from back surgery in a split that was seen as less an amicable.