Chris Wallace, one of Fox News Channel’s most high profile journalists, is leaving the channel.
Wallace, the anchor of Fox News Sunday since 2003, announced his departure on the program this morning.
“After 18 years — this is my final Fox News Sunday,” Wallace said. “It is the last time — and I say this with real sadness — we will meet like this.”
Calling his time at Fox News “a great ride,” Wallace said he’s “decided to leave Fox.”
“I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in,” he added. “I’m ready for a new adventure. And I hope you’ll check it out.”
He thanked his bosses at Fox for keeping their word to “never interfere” with his interviews.
“Eighteen years ago, the bosses here at Fox promised me they would never interfere with a guest I booked or a question I asked. And they kept that promise,” Wallace said. “I have been free to report to the best of my ability, to cover the stories I think are important, to hold our country’s leaders to account.”
He looked back on covering five presidential elections and interviewing every president since George H.W. Bush and leaders like France’s Emanuel Macron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin and expressed his enjoyment that he had been able to “spend Sunday mornings” with his audience.
“It may sound corny, but I feel we’ve built a community here,” Wallace said. “There’s a lot you can do on Sundays. The fact you’ve chosen to spend this hour with us is something I cherish.”
Known for his tough, news making interviews, Wallace was also a staple of Fox’s election coverage.
The son of the legendary CBS correspondent Mike Wallace, Chris followed in his fathers footsteps with stints at NBC and ABC News, including a run as the moderator of Meet the Press from 1987-88.
A rotation of other Fox News anchors will host Fox News Sunday until a permanent replacement is named.
Wallace is the most high-profile journalist to depart the network in years, certainly since Shepard Smith announced his surprise departure in 2019.