Longtime ‘Fox & Friends’ anchor Steve Doocy – Business News
“Fox & Friends” Steve Doocy will step back from full-time co-hosting duties and completely decamp to Florida the place he’ll remotely be a part of colleagues Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones 3 times a week starting later this month.
Doocy fought back tears on Thursday morning as he introduced that it was his final day he could be alongside his co-hosts from their Midtown Manhattan studios.
“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 informed viewers on Thursday’s broadcast. “I am not retiring, I’m not leaving the show. I’m still a host — but it’s time for a change.”
“Fox and Friends” anchor Steve Doocy made a main announcement on-air about his co-hosting duties. Getty Images
Steve Doocy introduced he was stepping back from co-hosting duties. Fox News
Doocy, who turns 70 subsequent yr, will now function “Fox & Friends’” full-time distant host, protecting on-the-ground options just like the show’s common diner segments.
Recent examples embody his reside dispatch from Chicken N Pickle, a suburban Kansas City pickleball venue.
He will report from throughout the nation whereas Kilmeade, Earhardt and Jones proceed to host from the New York studio.
Doocy mentioned he counted more than 6,800 pre-dawn wake-ups and over 31,000 hours of reside tv from the show’s iconic “curvy couch.”
Fox anchors Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade interview New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Tom Homan in February. Getty Images
According to Doocy (proper), he has more than 6,800 pre-dawn wake-ups and over 31,000 hours of reside tv below his belt. Getty Images
He mentioned he was relieved to be taking over a new position that enables him to commerce sleepless mornings for time together with his household — and a more versatile schedule.
“Do you remember the eighties Dunkin’ Donuts commercial where the alarm clock goes off at 3:30? ‘It’s time to make the donuts,’” Doocy mentioned Thursday morning on-air.
“For the last 30 years when my alarm clock goes off—at 3:30—if it wakes up my wife Kathy, she always says, ‘It’s time to make the donuts.’ And I say, you’re right, ‘It’s time to make the donuts,’ and I get up and go to work.”
According to Doocy, artificial intelligence helped calculate simply how usually that alarm has sounded — 6,828 occasions.
“Fox & Friends” are (left to proper) Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brian Kilmeade. Los Angeles Times through Getty Images
“That, ladies and gentlemen, is a lot of donuts,” he quipped. “It’s a great job… but the hours suck.”
Effective instantly, Doocy will contribute remotely three days a week because the show’s new “coast-to-coast host,” broadcasting from Florida and past.
The transfer got here after discussions with Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, whom Doocy known as “a friend for over 30 years.”
“She gave me a great option — to keep working on this show… just not every day,” Doocy defined.
“Essentially it’s the Johnny Carson deal. Remember Johnny worked his three days in Burbank, and I’ll be based in Florida. Which means you may never see me in a necktie again.”
Florida’s strategic location will permit Doocy to file tales from often-overlooked corners of the nation.
“I’ll be going from the Carolinas to the Keys. From Middle America to Mar-a-Lago,” he mentioned. “Call me the coast-to-coast host.”
Fox anchors Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt pose with Jon Pardi on April 15. Getty Images
The shift additionally marks a personal milestone for Doocy, who acknowledged the toll morning TV has taken on household life.
“When my kids were growing up, I never had breakfast with them. I was here. Kathy did everything,” he mentioned.
“But starting tomorrow, I’m going to have breakfast with my grandkids and my children whenever I can.”
This new chapter begins with a go to to Washington, DC, to satisfy his new child grandson, George, adopted by a journey to Dallas to go to daughter Sally, her husband Ali, and their growing household.
“They needed more space… because Sally’s having a boy in July,” Doocy famous with delight.
Steve Doocy together with his daughter Mary (left), son Peter and his spouse Hillary. stevedoocy/Instagram
Doocy assured viewers he’s not retiring: “I will continue to join this couch crew for commentary. You have trusted me for all these years and don’t worry, you will still hear my voice and my opinions loud and clear—despite whatever seasonal pollen is killing me.”
He supplied heartfelt because of colleagues behind the scenes — from security and the café crew to the make-up group and studio producers –and gave a particular nod to government producer Megan Albano for serving to accommodate his new schedule.
Though stepping back from day by day internet hosting duties, Doocy promised he received’t be a stranger.
“I will continue to join this couch crew for commentary,” Doocy mentioned. “You have trusted me for all these years and don’t worry, you will still hear my voice and my opinions loud and clear—despite whatever seasonal pollen is killing me.” Fox News
“As for the cast on the couch — who I love and adore — if this was the last day I’d ever work with you again, the waterworks would be flowing, you know me. But after a little vacation, I’ll be back on the show, via the magic of television.”
“I’m transitioning from ‘It’s time to make the donuts’ to ‘It’s time to make the breakfast, Grandpa,’” he mentioned.
“Now step on it.”
