Fox News veteran Geraldo Rivera opened up about his 23 years at the conservative network on Tuesday, telling CNN s Alisyn Camerota that he feels liberated and free, free at last after leaving.

Rivera, a moderate Republican, quit Fox earlier this month after being ousted from The Five panel show .

Rivera said his flamboyance and criticism of former President Donald Trump ultimately worked against him.

When you have that as your attitude thats your, you know, position and youre in a conservative milieu, its pretty noxious to folks who believe a certain way, he said.

To Camerota, also a Fox News alum, he described the rigid, very controlling discipline that muzzled people on the network and said he was denied permission to appear on multiple shows throughout his time there.

Management doesnt allow beat freewheeling, Rivera said. They have a message, they send the talent out to do an interview, if its a big story in The New York Times, or this or that. They pick their spot.

Theyre very strategic in that regard, very disciplined, he continued. Conservatives are much more disciplined than liberals. Liberals are all over the place.