Cris Carter’s stint with Fox Sports has come to a close.

FOX announced it has severed ties with the Hall of Fame wide receiver in a statement obtained by the Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand on Thursday.

“Cris Carter is no longer with Fox Sports. There is no further comment at this time,” it read.

Fox Sports statement: "Cris Carter is no longer with Fox Sports. There is no further comment at this time.” — John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) November 7, 2019

Carter had been on a leave of absence from his role as co-host of Fox Sports 1’s “First Things First” morning show, according to FrontRowSports’ Michael McCarthy.

The Big Lead’s Ryan Glasspiegel reported Sunday that Carter had been suspended by Fox, where he worked since late 2016.

The reason for the dispute? Depends whom you ask.

According to McCarthy, Carter is “miffed at not being included in Fox’s “Thursday Night Football” pregame coverage this season.”

Rather than include Carter, who is based in New York, in its pregame coverage from New York, Fox flies out Los Angeles-based Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez and rolls out the red carpet for former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.

It led to an alleged blow-up between Carter and his bosses at FS1, according to McCarthy.

“I was told it was bad,” one source told McCarthy.

The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand disputes that being the only reason. He claims that while Carter is indeed upset about not being included on TNF, Marchand cites sources who say the “matter at hand is much worse.”

Carter, who spent 16 seasons in the NFL with the Eagles, Vikings and Dolphins, missed “First Things First” on Thursday and Friday last week and this Monday morning. His seat next to Nick Wright and Jenna Wolfe was filled by Chris Canty, who won Super Bowl XLVI with the Giants in 2011.

Neither Wright nor Wolfe addressed his absence, according to McCarthy.

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