Austen Has Been an On-Air Reporter for Fox Sports Since February 2015; Previously She Worked for the Celtics Organization3.
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According to Barstool’s founder, El Presidente, when asked how the telecast came to be erased, the head honcho remarked ‘that someone accidentally deleted the footage before they could edit and air the saved version…’
Austen, who covers the Rays and Magic, appeared on Thursday’s live edition of the Rundown and shared multiple racist and disparaging comments as part of the broadcast.
On a high school valedictorian who was criticized for bragging on Twitter about being an undocumented immigrant: “I didn’t even know Mexicans were that smart”.
Emily Austen pictured on her Instagram page.
Fox Sports Sun sideline reporter Emily Austen has been fired after making several inappropriate comments on Barstool Sports Facebook Live broadcast.
Austen, who also called Cavaliers’ Kevin Love a “little b–” for leaving Game 2 of the NBA Finals with a concussion, reportedly became a Fox Sports Florida contract employee in March 2015. As a sports reporter, she certainly didn’t help the future of her career with that comment.
Austen was captured on video during the interview saying such things as she didn’t “even know that Mexicans were that smart”, and discussing how she “used to talk to Jews in Boca” while working as a waitress.
“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”, the network said in a statement sent to For The Win from Fox Sports spokesperson Chris Bellitti. “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”.
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The suspicious deletion of a video in which a guest makes racist comments is now roiling the Barstool Sports subreddit, which I swear to you is real and the worst place on the internet.
