Tucker Carlson announces Twitter show. Elon Musk tweets cool welcome.

Tucker Carlson, who was fired by Fox News late last month, said in a video posted Tuesday afternoon on Twitter that he will soon be launching “a new version” of his television show on the social media platform.

“We will be bringing some other things, too, which we’ll tell you about,” he said. “But for now, we’re just grateful to be here.”

Carlson has been itching for a return to the public scene since his ouster from Fox, according to people in his circle.

It was not immediately clear how Carlson decided to bring his content to Twitter. But a video Carlson posted to the platform in late April, days after his firing, amassed more than 80 million views, according to Twitter’s public view counts, which impressed Carlson and people in his orbit.

Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted late Tuesday that there was no deal with Carlson, and he urged people from both sides of the political spectrum to join the site.