Source: New York Times
Fox News said Friday that Kimberly Guilfoyle, a longtime co-host of the afternoon panel show “The Five,” had left the network, an abrupt end to a 12-year tenure during which she became one of the cable news channel’s most recognizable pundits.
Best known for her day job in the Fox News commentariat, Ms. Guilfoyle, 49, had become an increasingly prominent figure in Republican politics.
President Trump considered hiring her as his White House press secretary, telling allies that he was impressed with her presence on TV. (Ms. Guilfoyle stoked talk of the potential role by giving an interview about it to a paper based near her native San Francisco.)
In the early 2000s, she was married to the liberal politician Gavin Newsom, now the lieutenant governor of California. She recently revealed that she is dating the president’s son Donald J. Trump Jr., a relationship that had been a source of tension with some journalists in the network’s newsroom.
The cause of her departure, though, was not entirely clear.
Fox News, in a terse statement, said only that the network “has parted ways with Kimberly…
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