This week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson drew criticism for saying white supremacy is “actually not a real problem in America” and that claims to the contrary are a “hoax” only three days after a white supremacist killed 22 people in El Paso, TX. Carlson doubled down the following night and claimed that focusing on white supremacy is “destroying the country.” Advertisers have since left Carlson's show and even Fox News as a whole.

At the end of the latter show, Carlson announced that he was “taking several days off -- headed to the wilderness to fish with my son.” A Fox spokesperson later insisted to CNN’s Oliver Darcy that Carlson’s vacation was preplanned and he will return to his show on August 19. This isn't the first time a Fox News host has abruptly taken a vacation while embattled: