Scott Pelley took to Instagram on Saturday to express gratitude for those who have supported him amid his controversial firing from 60 Minutes .

“To all of you who have been so kind, you are the wind in my sails,” the former correspondent wrote in the caption of the post, which featured a photo of himself behind the wheel of a sailboat. “So deeply grateful.”

Pelley was fired on Tuesday after an intense meeting with 60 Minutes ‘ new executive producer, Nick Bilton, on Monday. In that meeting, Pelley argued that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is “murdering 60 Minutes .…