Fox Sports Takes Sideline Reporter Emily Austen Off the Air After Racist Remarks
Emily Austen, a Fox Sports Florida and Fox Sports Sun sideline reporter who covers the Tampa Bay Rays and Orlando Magic, has been taken off the air after making derogatory, racist and anti-Semitic remarks on Barstool Sports’ “Rundown” show this week.
Austen, a 27-year-old Tampa native, disparaged Mexican, Chinese and Jewish people, as well as Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, on the daily show broadcast on Facebook Live on Thursday. It no longer appears on the site or its Facebook page, but it is visible on several websites and on Vimeo.
Asked about a high school valedictorian who said on Twitter that she was an undocumented immigrant, Austen said: “I didn’t even know Mexicans were that smart… .That’s f—— up. I didn’t mean it like that. You see, you guys know that the Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in math class.”
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