@sonhouse saidit appears they were lying.
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/21/1052837157/fox-resignations-tucker-carlson-patriot-purge-documentary
He is so far out in right field, even his co workers quit.
A new low, even for Fox so-called news.
“ A Fox News executive said the network had not planned to re-sign Goldberg and Hayes when their contract expired next year.
While it is not uncommon for paid commentators to exit, often for new opportunities at rival television networks, it is extremely unusual for longtime pundits to burn down their former employer on the way out.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/11/22/jonah-goldberg-stephen-hayes-quit-fox-jan-6-conspiracy/