“Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy is moving on to a new chapter in his life after he announced that he will be scaling back the role he has had for almost 30 years.
According to Mediaite, Doocy spent 6,828 days getting up at 3:30 a.m. every morning to drive to New York City for his career. Now he says he is ready to work more remotely.
“After decades of getting up at 3:30 and driving into NYC in the dark, today is the last day I will host the show…from the couch,” Doocy told viewers Thursday. “I am not retiring; I’m not leaving the show. I’m still a host —but it’s time for a change.”
Doocy will be assuming a new role being a host for remote assignments. “Fox & Friends” will continue to be hosted from New York City by Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt, and Lawrence Jones.
During an interview with Mediaite, Doocy said this was new chapter in his broadcasting career and will be often travelling to the Sunshine State.
“I’m going to do some live hits from Florida,” Doocy told Mediaite. “But I’ll still travel some — you won’t know where I’m going to be. I’m going to be the coast-to-coast host. Not the couch host — the coast the coast host! Not having to be anchored to the NYC studios every day feels great, to be honest.”
“It’s interesting, having done this for 30 years, you start thinking about how you’re going to find an off-ramp eventually,” Doocy said. “What that looks like or what it feels like — I’ve been thinking about this for a few years and how you do it.”
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott worked closely with Doocy to figure out how to transition into a new role.
“Suzanne and I have gone back on this for a year and a half,” Doocy said. “And we looked at what the next stage of my career with Fox News could look like, and we agreed on three days a week, and I got just what I wanted.”
“I love the show, have been at it from the get-go, but I want to work, just not hosting the show in New York City every day, but I’m not retiring,” Doocy added, with some heavy emphasis on the negation. ‘And I’m not leaving the show. I will still co-host, I’ll just enjoy a change of venue. It will be easier for me to do all the stuff I want to do.”
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