Former all-star pitcher Curt Schilling fired by ESPN after another controversial post to social media.
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Schilling even noted that his son, 16, is the founder of an LGBT rights group in his school.
But the former World Series champ told interview Stephen Bannon that he would never discriminate against someone based on sexual orientation, race or religion.
“That’s why I sleep well at night”, Schilling said.
North Carolina sparked backlash earlier this month by passing a law mandating that transgender people use public restrooms corresponding with their assigned sex at birth. He also said while he felt he brought a unique perspective to the channel’s coverage due to his in-game experiences, the social expectations the company puts on its talent – ESPN, like most media companies, does not like its on-air talent posting hurtful or offensive memes and comments – ultimately was too much to overcome. “I can’t live my life to make people that don’t know me like me”.
“In light of these recent events, the Grand Junction Baseball Committee believes his appearance at the banquet would be a distraction to the focus of the event”, the host committee said in a statement this week.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling sits with his wife, Shonda Schilling, while being inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2012. “I would actually be proud of the fact that he’s trying to be true to himself”. In it, Schilling commented: “A man is a man no matter what they call themselves”.
“About ESPN, Schilling said, “…at a company where the rules are different based completely and exclusively on your perspective and your belief, it didn’t work. His whole world is about ‘I don’t care who you are and what you are – you’re good people.’ Those kids are in and out of this house all the time.
Moyer spotlighted how “Schilling went fangs out” after Tweeting out a controversial image that “many deemed transphobic”.
Schilling spoke out on the matter on Friday in an interview with Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM and defended his beliefs.
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“This is likely the easiest way to address all of you out there who are just dying to be offended so you can create some sort of faux cause to rally behind”, Schilling wrote on his blog.
