Shelby Talcott on October 22, 2019
Former Fox News host Shepard Smith’s official social media accounts are no longer live following his departure from the outlet.
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The outlet announced Oct. 11 that Smith would step down from his show “Shepard Smith Reporting.” The former host announced on his show the same day that the company “graciously obliged” after he requested “to leave FOX News and begin a new chapter.”
Since Smith’s departure from Fox News, his official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts no longer appear on each respective website. Fox News confirmed that each of the accounts were owned by Fox News. They appear to have been deleted after Smith separated from the outlet.
It does not appear that Smith has any of his own private accounts on the social media websites. Smith’s press contact did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Smith was one of Fox News’ first hires when the network began in 1996 and won’t be on other networks in the near future because of his agreement with Fox.
The former host spoke about some of the biggest news stories in American history while working at the network, including the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and former President Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment trial.
The openly-gay host faced criticism from President Donald Trump and found himself at odds with some Fox News hosts before his decision to leave the network.
“The opportunities afforded this guy from small town Mississippi have been many,” Smith said during his last hour anchoring at Fox. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to our loyal audience in context and with perspective, without fear or favor.”
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Shepherd Smith is a despicable queer PARIAH!!!!!
Who?
Now, if we can just get Chris Wallace, Bret Baier, Jon Scott and a few others to follow
Shep, we might get our FOX back!
I also agree with Orange8ball, at one time Shep was a great reporter, but he certainly did drink the Trump derangement Kool-Aid, and lots of it.
It has been reported that Shep Smith is staying with Kaitlyn/Bruce Jenner getting advice about the transition.
Without favor, huh?
Good riddens …
I wish John Roberts would have left with him …
Arrogant, pompous, and one-sided …
These guys should all call themselves what they really are …
Political pundits … And, that’s for the “left” unfortunately …
And on Fox, no doubt …
Wow…what a relief. Shepherd was and probably remains eternally biased..and anti conservative. The point being..we NEED reporters not witch hunters! Other networks can follow suit or die of advertiser starvation!
Shep who? Never heard of the clown.
this is an interesting ‘twist’ if FOX took away his social media accounts it leads one to wonder if the ‘separation’ was as congenial as Smith said it was.
Good by, Shep. Don’t let the door hit you in your a$$ on the way out (no matter how much you would enjoy that). I’m sure it won’t be long before we find Shep on his knees under the desk of Jeff Zucker (who came from sex charged NBC to sex charged CNN).
Who cares what this degenerate h*mosexual says or thinks??? He’s mad at the world for what he is. To make matters worse, he is an Anti-American Liberal, with SERIOUS mental issues!!!
Well, that depends on who replaces him, doesn’t it!
Fox lost nothing. We have gained some objectivity with his departure.
He made more in a year than most of us will make in a lifetime. $15 million.
Had to turn him off at 2:00 everyday
Good riddance to a President Trump HATER..!! Who cares…!!!
He was an ardent Trump hater, and he let all the world know through his bully pulpit.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
I always liked Shepherd Smith in the beginning years. I knew he was a Liberal, but he kept it at bay, and told the news. Then, like most Democrats/Socialists/Liberals, he went insane when Trump defeated Hillary – his whole on-air persona changed…It’s a shame.
Now he has time for bath houses with anderson cooper
Have not watched shep in years, because his reporting of “news” was flawed and biased. Lower case on name was deliberate to show my dislike of his actions. Fox News is better off without his huge salary and ego!!
I changed the channel every day at 3 PM to avoid his show daily. Never understood why Fox had him on. So glad he’s gone. He is not missed. . And he didn’t leave voluntarily – he was let go and agreed to go – expect to see him go on CNN soon
Piss on him.
Shep’s departure could start a trend that would be popular with many/most FNC viewers; he could be followed by the absence of such bloviators as Whiney Juan Williams, Blowhard Geraldo Rivera, and Mousy Chris Wallace, who nobody watches any more. These clowns can be counted on to trot out their same tired, lame, biased views every time they are brought in to comment on something Trump has done or some other topic of a national nature. They have spewed the same venom so often that it is totally worn out and irrelevant nowadays. Good riddance!
I wonder why ‘The Political Insider’ keeps putting stories of Shep Smith in their daily news articles. Readers are tired of this type reporting and I am thinking of unscribing
I for one am glad to see he’s gone. FOX and it’s viewers are better off. Now if something could happens with Chris Mathews we will feel we have FOX back in order. Oh least we forget give us all a “The Five” and get rid of Juan Williams. I’ve notice Donna Brazil has been gone.
I USE TO LIKE SHEP SMITH UNTIL HE STARTED LYING ON HIS NEWS AND THEN I STOPPED WATCHING HIM. NO ONE LIKES A LIAR! HIS PERSONAL OPINIONS DIDN’T MAKE THE TRUTH AND THEN IT WAS NO LONGER FUN TO WATCH HIM!
I stopped watching Sheppard Smith a couple of years ago. He turned me off when he started sounding more like CNN than FOX.
Maybe it and Don Lemmon had a bad break up.
Smith was more like turning to the left . commi
Another victim of Trump Karma. You attack Trump, you can bet your career as you knew it, is over. We also played a huge hand in KILLING his ratings by setting out TVs to auto tune to OANN during his time slot, and fox news knew it. His advertisers got tons of calls as well. Screw with Trump and you will be screwed with back.
I guarantee he is on facebook and twitter with some bogus name like Mitt Romney! Why do gay people think they have to advertise they are gay? I don’t advertise my love life and he shouldn’t either. I have this feeling his new screen name is drapehs htims
I heard he was caught cheating on his tuurd-burglar boyfriend with a 13 yr-old and is gonna be charged with pedophilia….unless he can come up with a huge payoff$$.😠😒
Don’t worry sheppey CNN will give you all the NEGATIVE space you need to SPOUT your CRAP but your Bolas are still missing …..PERIOD…..
I don’t give a crap that this phony is guy is gay. Why is this always the title of someone who has a sex preference than mine? I don’t care. I am just glad he is gone. He was insufferable.
Still waiting to hear if there are videos of Smith with little boys, or if it was some other similar disgusting action that caused the corrupt little SOB to quickly leave what was suppose to be a straight news show, that Fox allowed him to use as a leftist propaganda outlet.
Wait for it…….. “It’s cause I’m gay isn’t it?! Isn’t it!!
We, the Gay (not actually happy) LGBTXYZ community ‘demand’ that our follow discriminated against colleague, Shepherd Smith, be given his own network. We’re calling it ‘HGTV’ (Holier-then-thou Gay TV).
what?! You mean there is already one!!? Yes, it’s called Home and Gay TV!
Yup, probably AIDS. It’s still a gay disease.
What leftist is mentally well?
My gut says he is not well
Oh darn🙄
sayonara mf’er
Sheep Dip Smith is busy polishing Adam Schitt’s knob.
See ya Shep…bout time you finally left!! Can’t stand that guy at all…
I hear he’s in competition for replacing the Phil McCracken character on the John Boy and Billie Big show. He’s the resident gay character on the radio show in the mornings. I don’t think he’ll get the part though, he’s not that funny HaHa.
After a long vacation of a couple of months, I see Shep showing up on CNN or MSNBC. There he is welcome with open arms.
Good riddance to a clever sneak.
Anyone with the vitriol he had when it came to anything to do with President Trump, has to have a far darker base within to draw from . These attitudes are not formed overnight and suffice it to say, he was not the light on a hill, but a beacon of darkness, instead. He is probably in Guantanamo with the rest of the pizzagaters.
OAN is a good news network.
I did not like his commentary; and switched off Fox; when his time slot came up. Never-the-less, I do not rejoice in his misfortune.
Attorney general William Barr met with the owner of fox two days before shep announced he was leaving fox! Not saying Barr had anything to do with it just interesting the timing of it!
Shep had a Good Voice… (about his only redeeming value)