Gretchen Carlson

Fox took away the career that I had killed myself for. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong. When I did what I did in 2016, you know, the number one thing my lawyer said to me is, they're gonna kill you. They will do everything in their power to malign you, to call you a liar, to dig up everything in their past life, you know, and make it all a negative. That all happened.

Fox took away the career that I had killed myself for. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong. When I did what I did in 2016, you know, the number one thing my lawyer said to me is, they're gonna kill you. They will do everything in their power to malign you, to call you a liar, to dig up everything in their past life, you know, and make it all a negative. That all happened.

What happened immediately after I filed the lawsuit was that I started hearing from women all across the world. And they all had the same eerie, similar story, which was, I did what you did, I came forward, I was fired, and I've never worked in my chosen profession ever again, and I was silenced. And I was like, holy crap.

What happened immediately after I filed the lawsuit was that I started hearing from women all across the world. And they all had the same eerie, similar story, which was, I did what you did, I came forward, I was fired, and I've never worked in my chosen profession ever again, and I was silenced. And I was like, holy crap.

And so I rolled up my sleeves, I got to work, because I was like, we have to change the laws. The laws I helped pass are the two biggest labor law changes in the last 100 years. And what they do is...

And so I rolled up my sleeves, I got to work, because I was like, we have to change the laws. The laws I helped pass are the two biggest labor law changes in the last 100 years. And what they do is...

Yeah, that's why I'm hesitating. But thank you so much for having me because I always say that building up the courage that it takes to do something that monumental is not something that you decide the night before. I mean, it's not like you just suddenly go, hey, I think I'll do this massive change in my life and shake up the whole world about accusing somebody of this.

Yeah, that's why I'm hesitating. But thank you so much for having me because I always say that building up the courage that it takes to do something that monumental is not something that you decide the night before. I mean, it's not like you just suddenly go, hey, I think I'll do this massive change in my life and shake up the whole world about accusing somebody of this.

So it really took me many, many years of... enduring bad behavior and at the same time trying to walk a tightrope at work to do the best job that I could and also attempt to also get out. And I can't give all the details of what was going on because I did sign a nondisclosure, which is what I work against now, which we can get into.

So it really took me many, many years of... enduring bad behavior and at the same time trying to walk a tightrope at work to do the best job that I could and also attempt to also get out. And I can't give all the details of what was going on because I did sign a nondisclosure, which is what I work against now, which we can get into.

But I guess what eventually happened was that Fox took away the career that I had killed myself for. I had reached the pinnacle of television. I was hosting the number one morning show on cable in the country and they fired me and I knew I hadn't done anything wrong. And so at that point, I just finally decided that if I don't do this, who will? And that was really the decision.

But I guess what eventually happened was that Fox took away the career that I had killed myself for. I had reached the pinnacle of television. I was hosting the number one morning show on cable in the country and they fired me and I knew I hadn't done anything wrong. And so at that point, I just finally decided that if I don't do this, who will? And that was really the decision.

I would just also add that I looked into the eyes of my children who were middle schoolers at the time. And I just decided that I was doing it for their generation as well. I think there was sort of this... misconception in our society, even in 2016, that women had come much more far along in not only equality, but in being treated with harassment in the workplace.

I would just also add that I looked into the eyes of my children who were middle schoolers at the time. And I just decided that I was doing it for their generation as well. I think there was sort of this... misconception in our society, even in 2016, that women had come much more far along in not only equality, but in being treated with harassment in the workplace.

And one of the reasons why Americans were fooled about that is because of the silencing mechanisms like nondisclosures that have kept all these issues secret. And it gave this perception that women were being treated wonderfully, and that wasn't the case.

And one of the reasons why Americans were fooled about that is because of the silencing mechanisms like nondisclosures that have kept all these issues secret. And it gave this perception that women were being treated wonderfully, and that wasn't the case.

We still, almost nine years later now, women are still going to be penalized if they come forward. And especially back when I did what I did in 2016, you know, the number one thing my lawyer said to me is they're going to kill you. They will do everything in their power to malign you, to call you a liar, to dig up everything in their past life, you know, and make it all a negative.

We still, almost nine years later now, women are still going to be penalized if they come forward. And especially back when I did what I did in 2016, you know, the number one thing my lawyer said to me is they're going to kill you. They will do everything in their power to malign you, to call you a liar, to dig up everything in their past life, you know, and make it all a negative.

And, you know, that all happened. But We've made a lot of strides since then with the work that I've done. I mean, women are actually believed now, right? You've seen juries convict people of similar crimes because juries are also just more knowledgeable now about why women stay at their jobs in these types of situations, why women stay in these relationships if it's domestic violence.

And, you know, that all happened. But We've made a lot of strides since then with the work that I've done. I mean, women are actually believed now, right? You've seen juries convict people of similar crimes because juries are also just more knowledgeable now about why women stay at their jobs in these types of situations, why women stay in these relationships if it's domestic violence.