Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter Emily Austen, who covers the Orlando Magic and Tampa Bay Rays, has been fired after she made racist and insensitive comments during a Barstool Sports Facebook Live webcast on Thursday (via the Orlando Sentinel).
During the 35-minute video, Austen calls Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love a “little b—” multiple times, said she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart,” and “You guys know that the Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in math class.”
When one of the hosts mentions that Jews are “a little stingy” and “hold onto their pennies” during the broadcast, Austen says:
“I went to school in Boca, so I know most of that. The way I used to talk to the Jews in Boca, they hated it because I was a server and I just didn’t care, and they would complain and b—- about everything.”
It’s all pretty horrifying. Check out the video below.
“We were made aware that Emily Austen appeared in a social media video unaffiliated with Fox Sports in which she made insensitive and derogatory comments,” Fox Sports Florida general manager and senior vice president Steve Tello said in a statement.
“She was not speaking on behalf of Fox Sports, nor do we condone any of the statements she made in the video. Emily has been advised that her comments were unacceptable, and she is not scheduled to appear on any upcoming Fox Sports Florida or Fox Sports Sun broadcasts.”
Austen, 27, was hired by Fox Sports Florida last year after working as a host and reporter for the Boston Celtics’ website.
[photo credit: Fox Sports Florida screen grab done by Sporting News]
