Keith Olbermann is taking his story to late night.
The outspoken ex-Current TV talk show host is expected to discuss his departure from the network on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Tuesday, CBS announced on Twitter late Friday.
But don't expect him to stay silent before then.
Olbermann, who hosted a one-hour prime time talk show on Current each weeknight, took to Twitter after Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, Current's founders, announced Olbermann's dismissal in a letter posted on Current's website.
"I'm putting out my statement in two ways: 140 characters at a time, and then in one fell swoop via Twitlonger," tweeted Olbermann, who fired off a series of tweets in which he blasted Gore and Hyatt for failing to uphold their promises and to invest "in a quality news program."
"Current's statements are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently," he added.
Olbermann was reportedly paid $50,000 per show.
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Gore and Hyatt wrote that Current was "founded on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it."
“The network is replacing Olbermann with "Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer," a talk show starring the scandal-tarnished former New York Governor, replaced Olbermann's "Countdown" on Current starting Friday night.
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Current also hired a crisis public relations firm founded by two Clinton administration veterans, Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane, to represent the network, The Hollywood Reporter reported Friday.
Olbermann joined Current in February 2011 after unceremoniously leaving MSNBC, two months after MSNBC suspended him for making campaign donations to three Democratic congressional candidates in apparent violation of the network's policy.
Though Current said it would allow Olbermann to make political donations provided he disclosed them to viewers, the liberal-leaning network and its highest-profile host butted heads repeatedly over Olbermann's role in Current's coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Olbermann missed work on the nights of the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary, as well as the day before the "Super Tuesday" primaries in March.
"You think I'm having a tough day," Olbermann, a former host of ESPN's "Sportscenter" later tweeted. "Anybody watching Michael Pineda pitching his way out of the Yankees rotation?"
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