Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson goes all out his former employer Fox Corp FOXA FoxNewswho is working to remove the contract clause that prevents him from going on the air until 2025.

What happened: “The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond absurd,” he said Bryan Freedman, The high-profile lawyer Carlson was loud for the contract dispute axios.

A contract clause prevents Carlson from working for competing outlets until 2025. The television personality was quit by Fox News on April 24, with reports suggesting the move came in response to complaints of misogynist and anti-Semitic remarks allegedly made by Carlson and his producers.

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What’s next: Carlson seems “busy planning a media empire of his own,” according to Axios. Right-wing media outlets like Rumble and Newsmax are reportedly interested in hiring the controversial personality and are considering paying him more than he earned from Fox.

Carlson also had a conversation with Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, although no details were discussed, Axios reported. Musk also owns the social media platform Twitter. Recently, one of the billionaire’s Twitter followers floated the idea hiring Carlson as part of a broader effort to create a video service that could compete with YouTube.

The former Fox News host is also reportedly toying with the idea of ​​building a direct-to-consumer media company that would allow him to bill his viewers for a subscription.

“Now we go from peacetime to Defcon 1. He wants freedom,” one of Carlson’s close friends told Axios.

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