His last contract with Fox listed an annual salary of $15 million, according toForbes.

Smith told theAssociated Press, “I just felt it was the right time to leave.

I asked them if I could and they eventually allowed me to do that.”

Shepard Smith smiling

Smith asked during a newscast in 2017.

Tell me, I don’t know" (perDeadline).

Still, Smith is doing just fine.

Shepard Smith holding up a newspaper

Smith, though, said he feels his personal truth has set him free.