Fox Sports sideline reporter Emily Austen has been fired after making racially insensitive remarks on an unaffiliated show on Thursday. Appearing in a Facebook live video for Barstool Sports, Austen made multiple offensive comments about race while discussing a high school valedictorian who boasted about being an undocumented immigrant on Twitter. “I didn’t even know Mexicans were that smart,” Austen said after one of the co-hosts mentioned the girl had a 4.5 Gpa. “I know that’s f—ed up, I didn’t mean it like that,” she insisted. “You guys know that the Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in math class.
- 6/11/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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