Glen Kuiper is digging that hole a little bit deeper. After NBC Sports California fired Kuiper as their A’s play-by-play broadcaster on Monday because he used the N-word on television while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he released a statement to KRON4. Though it does include an apology, it is fairly … Read more
A’s announcer Glen Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California just over two weeks after uttering the N-word during a broadcast. Kuiper, a 60-year-old veteran play-by-play broadcaster and former minor league player, said the n-word on live television when describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum during a pregame segment prior the Oakland’s … Read more
I’ll take “flirtatious banter” for $1,000. “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings and returning champion James Holzhauer had a rather flirty exchange Friday during the “Jeopardy! Masters” tournament. The saucy nerd banter between the two men occurred after contestant Matt Amodio chose a question under the “Authors” category. “The Detroit Free Press said ‘The Mummy’ was ‘vintage’ … Read more
“The View” no longer wants to let it rip. After allegations of “fart” sounds coming from the stage, the show added coasters to the table so the co-hosts don’t get blamed for the unknown noises. A source told Entertainment Weekly that the root of the sounds came solely from mugs scraping across the glass table, … Read more
Joy Behar revealed she was “happy” to be fired from “The View” in 2013 — because she lost all her friends on the show. The hosts of the daytime talk show were discussing workplace friendships on Wednesday when show guest Behar, 80, got emotional about the time she was ousted from the show, saying she … Read more
Some people are afraid of spiders. Others fear cursing on a hot mic. Veteran Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews revealed that dropping an F-bomb on-air is a “massive fear” of hers. During a recent episode of her “Calm Down” podcast with fellow Fox Sports host Charissa Thompson, the pair answered questions from fans, including: “How do … Read more
Popular Los Angeles morning anchor Lynette Romero assured fans her former co-anchor who was fired after he went rogue on-air will do “amazing things” as he moves past his controversial termination. Television anchor Mark Mester was let go by KTLA last month after he went off-script to blast his own station for the way they … Read more
A KTLA news anchor has been fired following an on-air rant in which he criticised the way the TV station handled the departure of his co-presenter. The catalyst for the incident unfolded on September 15, when weekend morning anchor Lynette Romero’s departure was announced by KTLA reporter Sam Rubin, who delivered the news after being … Read more
Whoopi Goldberg was forced on Thursday to walk back a marriage ‘joke’ she made on-air about Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. In an awkward apology on The View Thursday, Goldberg suggested she might have to quit the show she has co-hosted since 2007 after receiving apparent backlash from ABC bigwigs for ‘joking’ that Graham was getting … Read more
KTLA fired anchor Mark Mester days after he was suspended for going off-script and calling out how the station handled the resignation of his long-time co-anchor Lynette Romero, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Station general manager Janene Drafs announced that Mester had been fired during a newsroom meeting on Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported. … Read more
Anchor Mark Mester is no longer employed by KTLA, Variety has confirmed. Mester was previously suspended after he criticized on-air how the station went about his co-anchor Lynette Romero’s sudden departure. KTLA announced Romero’s exit last week without a goodbye message to viewers, which drew criticism on social media. According to the Los Angeles Times, … Read more
Lynette Romero, left, and Mark Mester were co-anchors at KTLA. (KTLA) KTLA news anchor Mark Mester was fired Thursday afternoon, days after he was suspended following an off-script segment about his co-anchor Lynette Romero’s abrupt departure, according to several employees at the station. The newsroom’s general manager, Janene Drafs, announced the firing with a brief … Read more