FIRED TUCKER GOT TRUMPED!

Carlson's jabs at ex-president helped seal fate

EGO-CRAZED FOX star Tucker Carlson thought he was the untouchable kingpin of cable news until he was ruthlessly fired after the swelled-head chatterbox foolishly committed the cardinal sin of insulting Donald Trump, spies dish.

That's the REAL story behind TV's most scandalous ousting when the onetime golden boy went from hero to zero in a few short weeks - and lost his cushy $35 million gig, with Trump partially pulling the strings, according to insiders.

The 53-year-old blowhard fell foul of bosses at the rightwing network - led by ruthless media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92 when he criticized the former prez in a string of leaked text messages released in court filings for a bombshell defamation lawsuit by Dominion voting machines.