Newsmax guest: “Sean Hannity may have had a hand in” Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News Michael Savage: “He is a very jealous, talentless thug” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 04/24/23 10:45 PM EDT Video file Citation From the April 24, 2023, edition of Newsmax's Prime News MICHAEL SAVAGE (GUEST): Internal warfare. Sean Hannity may have had a hand in this. He is a very jealous, talentless thug. He is what's known as controlled opposition. Remember, Sean Hannity benefited after O'Reilly was sacked by Fox News. He hated Tucker's wild success from the beginning. Hannity may have had something to do with it.