‘Wow’ and ‘OMG’: shock after Fox News announces Tucker Carlson departure

Shocked reactions are pouring in across social media on the abrupt departure of Tucker Carlson from Fox News, with the network announcing that the prominent far-right television host is leaving the channel.

Many were surprised by the announcement given the popularity that Carlson enjoyed at Fox as well as the highest-rated host on cable television.

"Wow," tweeted the New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who accused Carlson and other Fox pundits of inciting violence during an MSNBC interview that aired on Sunday.

Some remained skeptical that Carlson's departure from Fox would be the end of his career despite critics who called out his show as racist and inaccurate.

"I'd like to think Tucker Carlson's departure is the end of an era, but I'm quite certain it's the beginning of his political career," the founder of gun control advocacy group Moms Demand Action, Shannon Watts, tweeted.

Several conservative pundits took to social media to express their displeasure at the announcement.

"I STAND WITH TUCKER CARLSON!"," the far-right Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert tweeted.