Joy Taylor opens up on ruthless FOX Sports firing | Sports News

Joy Taylor shared her view on her dismissal from FOX Sports, with the 38-year-old making it clear that the ongoing lawsuit she was named in didn’t play a half in her firing.

In a gorgeous flip of occasions, FOX Sports shook up its show lineup with ‘Speak,’ the show she co-hosts with Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce, amongst these reveals canceled. ‘Breakfast Ball’ and ‘The Facility,’ which featured Emmanuel Acho, Chase Daniel, James Jones and LeSean McCoy, have been additionally axed.

With the community heading in a new direction, Taylor defined her aspect of the scenario on an look on the ‘Hot Mics with Billy Bush’ show. Her latest feedback come after former NBA star Gilbert Arenas provided Taylor a half in his ‘Gil’s Arena’ podcast. 

When requested if her being named within the lawsuit performed a position in her dismissal, Taylor acknowledged: “Well, it’s still an ongoing legal situation, so I can’t comment on that. I will have something to say about it, hopefully very soon, when I can legally.

“I’ll say that that scenario and that go well with had nothing to do with the adjustments that occurred at FS1. I imply, I believe from a logical standpoint, everybody can simply take a look at it and see what the adjustments have been and that there have been three reveals that have been cut.”

The former FOX host also spoke on how the decision to fire her, along with her co-hosts and the hosts of the two other shows, is not just a decision that is made on whim. In that sense, Taylor looked at her firing rationally, especially with the network’s partnership with Barstool Sports.

She added: “What occurred was not simply, , it may be boiled down to, for the web as, , ‘Joy Taylor’s no longer at FS1’ and that is a easy approach of it. But the truth is three reveals have been let go, and a large sports activities community shifted into a actually aggressive completely different direction that was a determination that I’m constructive they did not come to flippantly.

“So when I say it had nothing to do with the suit, like it just didn’t for a multitude of reasons, but just speaking frankly, it didn’t. And the shift is something that is just not something I would have been consulted on anyway. Like these are massive decisions that are made by executives that I do not have access to the rooms for.”

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With Taylor clearing the air on her dismissal, the 38-year-old stays a scorching commodity within the sports activities media space. Arenas, the previous NBA star, claimed he was in discussions with Taylor to have her on his platform.

“Joy’s a great host,” he mentioned. “I know we’re looking at her for the football side. We’ve been behind the scenes talking to her for the last year.” Arenas additionally added that he was pondering the concept of including Pierce, Johnson and McCoy to his show.

“I can tell you this: As [an] underdog, we better move on some of them,” he continued. “We can’t just look at this and be like ‘Eh.’ Because let’s just say, Shannon [Sharpe] decides to get Keyshawn, Shady McCoy to Nightcap… If Pat McAfee grabs just one of them, that’s a different show.

“It’s some moves that need to be made because these guys are going to go somewhere and they are going to get a home. And that will change the landscape of shows. I’m already on it as soon as I’ve seen it.”