Glenn Beck, founder of Blaze Media, joined Tucker Carlson on his tour in Salt Lake City, UT, where the two shared disparaging words for their former employer, Fox News. Beck referred to himself and Carlson as “the only two survivors of Fox News,” and noted how the working environment at Fox News sought to spiritually destroy him. “When I was at Fox, it was like you could feel the White House move. I could feel the impact, and that’s pretty intoxicating. It’s so dangerously intoxicating, and I could feel it, and I didn’t like it and I left. I should say, I didn’t like it because part of me really liked it,” he said. Carlson agreed with the sentiment.

Beck, a Mormon, accused the network of telling him not to talk so much about God and made veiled threats against his wife. There were speculations that Carlson was fired from the network as well after giving a speech at the Heritage Foundations 50^th Anniversary gala. Carlson framed America as being in a battle between good and evil, where people who supported destructive DEI and transgender policies would not listen to reason. “We should say that and stop engaging in these totally fraudulent debates…I’ve tried. That doesn’t work. I have concluded it might be worth taking just 10 minutes out of your busy schedule to say a prayer for the future, and I hope you will,” he admonished the crowd. According to a source, such religious undertones “freaks Rupert out,” referring to Rupert Murdoch, the Fox Corporation Chair. Carlson himself has kept fairly mum on what exactly led to his firing.

Beck recalled how working for Fox News was like being at “the cool kids’ table,” but that one day after he was able to meet U2’s Bono, he realized just how far he had fallen spiritually. “I walk to the window — and I can still feel the cold glass on my forehead — and I leaned against the window, and I put my head there, and I’m looking down at the city, which is just intoxicating — if you like that kind of stuff, it’s intoxicating,” he said. “And I looked down, and I’m like, ‘How can this be your plan?’ And I heard internally, I heard, ‘If you don’t leave now, you will not leave with your soul,’” he recalled. He stated he resigned the next day. Leaving Fox News has not been without its struggles, especially as Beck struggled to get Blaze Media running. Blaze has continued to face its up and downs, with the company recently having to let go of personality Lauren Chen, after it was alleged she was receiving payoffs from Russia. However, Beck stated he doesn’t regret the choice, having escaped the temptation for power. “All this can be yours,” stated Carlson, referencing Satan’s temptation of Christ in Matthew 4, to which Beck replied, “I think fame and fortune is battery acid to the soul.”