Sarah Palin on split from Fox News: 'We can't just preach to the choir'

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, pictured in this file photo, spoke out for the first time on her split from Fox News. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel

Just days after announcing her split from Fox News, Sarah Palin is opening up about the public breakup.

In an exclusive interview with Conservative website, Breitbart.com, Palin said she left her contributor's gig at Fox so that she could reach a larger audience.

"Short term: I encourage others to step out in faith, jump out of the comfort zone and broaden our reach as believers in American exceptionalism," Palin said. "We can't just preach to the choir; the message of liberty and true hope must be understood by a larger audience."

Palin, who shot to fame after running for vice president alongside John McCain in 2008, offered no concrete plan on how exactly she planned to broaden her reach.

The former Alaska governor worked as a contributor on the Fox network since 2010 and earned $1 million a year.

Though Palin seems to suggest she did the dumping in her conservative partnership, it appears there was signs of trouble in paradise long before the actual split.

Fox News chief Roger Ailes, once a fan of Palin's, reportedly began privately referring to her as "stupid" according to a 2011 article in New York magazine. And during the Republican National Convention in August, Palin took to Facebook to complain that Fox News canceled all her scheduled on-air interviews.

As for her next move, Palin had this to say:

"I'm taking my own advice here as I free up opportunities to share more broadly the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic and restoring this most exceptional nation."