Web Extra: Austin Chontos Asks Emily Austen to Prom
Emily Austen just got a lesson on the dangers of live streaming. And may lose her job over it.
In a curse-heavy Facebook Live video broadcast by Barstool Sports, Austen, a Florida-based reporter for FOX Sports, rattled off enough stereotypes to garner the nickname "Trump Jr." from the 35-minute video"s co-hosts.
"Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in the class," is something Austen said on the since-deleted video, according to Deadspin.
The 27-year-old sideline reporter also claimed to not "even know that Mexicans were that smart."
She called Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love a "little b----" for being sidelined with a concussion.
To top it all off, Austen ripped into Jewish people after one of the co-hosts suggested they were "stingy."
Yeah, I went to school in Boca (Raton, Fla.), so I know most of that the way I used to talk to Jews in Boca, they hated because I was a server, and I just didnt care and they would complain and b---- about everything, she said, via a transcript provided by Vice Sports.
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She was not speaking on behalf of FOX Sports, nor do we condone any of the statements she made in the video, FOX Sports Florida senior vice-president Steve Tello said in a statement to Deadspin.
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.
The video, which aired Thursday on Barstool Sports" Facebook page but was quickly pulled by the website, ended with one of Austen"s counterparts saying "we might have to hire you because you"re going to get fired."
Oh, the irony.
Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2016/06/10/florida-sports-reporter-suspended-for-racist-comments
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