Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy got emotional as he announced he is leaving the flagship show’s ‘curvy couch’ live on air.

Doocy, 68, announced Thursday morning that he was stepping back from his role and moving to Florida to be a special correspondent, joking ‘it is a great job, but the hours suck.’

He will now switch to three-day offsite reporting – and will be able to sleep in.

‘After decades of getting up at 3:30am and driving into NYC in the dark, today is the last day I will host the show…from the couch,’ Doocy teasingly told viewers Thursday.

‘I am not retiring, I’m not leaving the show. I’m still a host,’ he warned, holding back tears. ‘But it’s time for a change.’

Doocy went on to reveal how he and Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox New Media, came up with the solution while ‘trying to figure out what a guy who has been getting up at 3:30am for two generations can do,’ he continued.

‘Suzanne gave me a great option – to keep working on this show… just not every day.’ 

‘From now on… I’m working three days a week,’ he said, before cutting the tension with a well-timed joke.

Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy got emotional as he announced he is leaving the flagship show’s ‘curvy couch’ live on air

‘Essentially it’s the Johnny Carson deal,’ he quipped, comparing himself to the seminal late night host. He spent his waning years working three days from Burbank. 

‘[But] I’ll be based in Florida,’ Doocy said. ‘Which means you may never see me in a necktie again.’

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