Instead, he wrote, she posted that the questions "were a personal attack." Lake told Baxter she would respond, he tweeted. However, Phoenix New Times reporter Erasmus Baxter tweeted that he had asked Lake about her absence, along with a list of questions "about her sharing of conspiracy theories and presence on a social media site loved by Nazis." Her statement didn't detail who suggested that she's been gone for disciplinary reasons. Lake also had a Parler account. (Full disclosure: So did I, along with many journalists, for research purposes.) Lake also tweeted on Thursday that she was joining Gab, the social media platform many Parler users have flocked to since Parler shut down. I remain a 20+ year employee at Fox in good standing.” Lake tweeted about her absence and that she's joining Gab I have not been fired, demoted, reprimanded, etc. “Since the beginning of January I have been out on health leave using FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act). And while I have absolutely no desire to address my absence publicly, the steady stream of inquiries and now some reporters reaching out with a list of questions having very little to do with my absence and only intended to try to damage my reputation or personally hurt me, leads me to address my absence right now. “But the truth is I’ve needed a bit of privacy at this time. “Due to my job I’ve lived much of my life in a public way, so I’m sure it seems strange that I have gone silent,” she tweeted. 'I've needed a bit of privacy at this time' She explained her absence in the tweet posted Thursday afternoon. Lake tweeted a debunked COVID-19 video in 2020 and was off the air temporarily after uttering the F-word accidentally during a Facebook Live event in 2019. Given some of Lake's previous controversies and her past support on social media of fringe conspiracy theories, it's understandable that she might want to clear the air. Instead, she has taken time off for personal reasons, Lake said in the tweet. View Gallery: Fox 10's Kari Lake broadcasts the news from home during coronavirusįox 10 news anchor Kari Lake tweeted Thursday that her recent absence from the air is not because she has been “fired, demoted, reprimanded, etc.”
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