NEW YORK — Ousted Fox Information host Tucker Carlson is beginning his personal streaming service, promising to “inform the unadorned fact” to followers for $72 a yr, he introduced Monday.

Commentary, interviews, Carlson-flavored information studies and documentaries, even an recommendation present might be provided on the Tucker Carlson Community, which is basically staffed by the individuals who used to work for him at Fox.

The brand new enterprise comes greater than seven months after Fox abruptly fired Carlson, its hottest host. Fox by no means publicly defined the firing, and Carlson stated on Monday that “it truly is a kind of mysteries that I’ll most likely by no means resolve.”

“I wish to get up and say to myself, ‘You possibly can say no matter you need,’” Carlson stated, saying his streaming service on The Megyn Kelly Present, a podcast and radio present hosted by fellow Fox Information refugee Kelly, who has remade her profession as an unbiased commentator.

“I’m going to do it with out interference, interval,” Carlson stated. “I’m going to inform the unadorned fact – I hope gently and within the least offensive approach as I presumably can. However I’m going to inform the reality till the day I die.”

Earlier than being bounced, lower than per week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Methods $787 million to settle a lawsuit over protection of the 2020 election, Carlson hosted what The New York Instances stated often is the most racist present in cable TV historical past, however by some measures essentially the most profitable.

He averaged 3.2 million viewers an evening for the primary three months of 2023, in line with the Nielsen firm. Fox’s scores plunged instantly following his exit. Alternative Jesse Watters constructed the viewers to 2.6 million in November in Carlson’s outdated time slot, and Fox stated Watters has gained advertisers who didn’t need their commercials with Carlson.

Now Carlson enters the world of subscription providers with a wide range of merchandise on his personal community.

“The Tucker Carlson Encounter” might be a long-form dialog present, with singer Child Rock and golfer John Daly among the many first company. “The Tucker Carlson Interview” might be a extra formal question-and-answer session, like one he performed not too long ago with former President Donald Trump.

Each of these applications might be provided free on his web site, a minimum of at first, whereas materials of his observations on “After The Tucker Carlson Interview” might be behind a paywall.

“Tucker Carlson Uncensored” might be much like the opening monologue he aired on his Fox present, whereas “Tucker Carlson Movies” will produce documentaries like he made for the Fox Nation on-line service – together with a controversial one which forged doubt on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

The present “Ask Tucker Carlson” will characteristic the host answering questions from subscribers and giving recommendation.

Carlson informed Kelly that whereas he’s “psyched to vote for Trump” within the 2024 election, he didn’t see himself as a possible vice presidential candidate, as some revealed studies have speculated.

“It’s simply so unimaginable,” he stated. “I haven’t led a life that prepares folks for politics.”

However regardless of Kelly‘s prodding, Carlson didn’t rule the concept out.

Carlson had partnered with X, previously generally known as Twitter, for content material after leaving Fox. He’ll nonetheless submit materials there, branded underneath his community, however stated he decided X didn’t have the capability to assist him construct out the service he wanted.

Fox had no rapid touch upon Carlson‘s enterprise, or whether or not it will violate a contract with the host that reportedly ran via subsequent yr’s election.

Neil Patel, Carlson‘s former faculty roommate who launched The Every day Caller web site with him in 2010, might be CEO of the brand new community, operating enterprise operations. Justin Wells, Carlson‘s former government producer who was fired from Fox with him in April, will oversee content material.

“I really feel completely happy,” Carlson informed Kelly. “I really feel liberated.”