Candace Owens out at Daily Wire
Conservative commentator Candace Owens is out at the Daily Wire, the company announced Friday.
In a social media post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing wrote "Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship."
Boreing did not provide any additional details on what led to the separation. The Hill has reached out to the Daily Wire for additional comment.
Owens confirmed the news, writing in a post of her own "the rumors are true— I am finally free."
The announcement comes after weeks of chatter about the relationship between Owens, one of the most prominent commentators on the right, and the Daily Wire, a growing hub for conservative podcasts, streaming shows and other forms of new media.
Owens has sparked backlash for months with her commentary on the U.S. role in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and statements about Jewish people in politics and media more generally.
After the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this week highlighted the fact white supremacist Nick Fuentes was praising Owens's rhetoric on Jews, she responded on X "I do not know Nick Fuentes, but you already know that."
"What I do know is that everyone can see what you guys are doing to me. Your pattern is well established and the world is waking up to it. My crime is having stood up for myself against your network of smears," she wrote to the ADL.
"My crime, is that I do not believe that American taxpayers should have to pay for Israel’s wars or the wars of any other country. I will not change my mind. So the question is what will you do to me next? The world is watching."
Owens has sparked criticism internally at the Daily Wire, with prominent host Ben Shapiro, who is Jewish, last fall calling her rhetoric on Israel and Hamas "disgraceful."
That sparked Boreing to issue a statement saying the company would not fire Owens based on "a desire not to regulate the speech of our hosts, even when we disagree with them."
"Candace is paid to give her opinion, not mine or Ben’s," he wrote at the time. "Unless those opinions run afoul of the law or she violates the terms of her contract in some way, her job is secure and she is welcome at Daily Wire.”