NEW YORK: Television journalist Alisyn Camerota said on Sunday she was a target of sexual harassment by Roger Ailes when she worked at Fox News, joining other former colleagues at the cable channel who have accused their ex-boss of inappropriate behavior.
Camerota, now co-host of CNN’s “New Day,” told that network’s Brian Stelter in an interview that Ailes suggested they might have to get to “know each other better” at a hotel if she wanted to succeed at Fox News.
“I knew in my head at that moment, I am never going to that hotel under any circumstances, but I did not know what that meant for me or my career,” she said. “I remember thinking, ‘Is this it?’”
In the interview with Stelter, Camerota expanded on comments she made last week on her own show when she said she had experienced “emotional harassment” at Fox and the culture at the network made it impossible to stop.
The fresh allegations came just days after Fox’s parent company Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. severed ties with its biggest star, Bill O’Reilly, over sexual harassment claims.
His show, “The O’Reilly Factor,” began losing advertisers in the wake of a New York Times report that Fox News had paid $13 million to five women to settle harassment allegations against him.
The accusations have cost Fox News dearly in both reputation and money. O’Reilly is expected to get a payout of up to $25 million following his ouster, while Ailes received a package of approximately $40 million when he was forced out as chief executive of Fox News in July. Both men have denied any wrongdoing.
“Mr. Ailes never engaged in the inappropriate conversations she now claims occurred, and he vigorously denies this fictional account of her interactions with him and of Fox News editorial policy,” said Ailes’ lawyer, Susan Estrich, of Camerota’s allegations.
Estrich also pointed out that Camerota thanked Ailes in a 2014 statement when she left Fox News, saying she was “honored to have his mentorship and guidance now and in the future.”
Camerota, who worked at Fox News for 16 years, told Stelter that Ailes frequently directed inappropriate comments to female employees about body parts and made remarks such as, “Give me a spin.”
“Roger Ailes could be charming, he could be quite charismatic, he could be uproariously funny,” she said. “He could also be a bit of a bully and mean, and he also was often kind of grossly inappropriate with things that he would say.”
Camerota said the conversation in which Ailes suggested they spend time together at a hotel came early in her career when she was seeking advice on how to advance at Fox. She said she chose to pretend it never happened, partly out of embarrassment.
“I think there was a lot of suffering in silence,” she said.
CNN anchor alleges Fox News ex-CEO harassed her
CNN anchor alleges Fox News ex-CEO harassed her
Book by jailed Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti set for November release
- Prison letters, photographs and other documents to feature in the book
DUBAI: A new book by jailed Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti is set for publication in November, with Penguin confirmed as the publisher, The Guardian reported.
Titled “Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine,” the book brings together a selection of Barghouti’s writings, including prison letters, interviews, public statements, conversations with public figures, and other documents and photographs.
It also features excerpts from his book “1,000 Days in Solitary Confinement,” which has so far only been published in Arabic.
Fadwa Barghouti, who wrote the introduction to the book, said she hoped it would allow the world to hear her husband “in his own voice, not through the noise surrounding him.”
She said in a statement: “This book finally makes that possible — and I hope it helps people understand who Marwan Barghouti truly is, and how he embodies the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity.”
Barghouti, who has spent over two decades in Israeli prison, is a member of the Fatah party. He has long advocated a two-state solution and is widely regarded as a powerful and unifying voice for Palestinians, with many supporters describing him as “Palestine’s Mandela.”
His detention has prompted repeated international advocacy efforts over the years.
In December 2025, an open letter calling for his release was signed by hundreds of celebrities, including Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Zadie Smith and Annie Ernaux; actors Sir Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Josh O’Connor, Mark Ruffalo and Stephen Fry; and musicians Sting, Paul Simon, Brian Eno and Annie Lennox.
In November 2025, his family and several UK-based human rights advocates ran a campaign that included demonstrations and public art installations in Palestine and London.
Barghouti has been jailed by Israel since 2004, having been handed five life sentences plus 40 years for his role during the second Palestinian uprising. He has spent significant time in solitary confinement, has been denied visits by his family for three years, and has been denied access to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
His name was on a list of prisoners to be exchanged for Israeli captives in October 2025, but Israel declined to release him.
