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Thom Brennaman, a play-by-play broadcaster who mentions NFL games on FOX, was heard with a homophobic slur when he did not realize he was on air when he played a Cincinnati Reds game Wednesday night. called. He was immediately fired from his baseball field, but there was no immediate word on whether he would keep his football job.
Brennaman said the words “One of the fg capitals of the world” during the Reds broadcast. He apparently thought the broadcast was on a commercial shift at the time, but he was live on air. Shortly afterwards, he apologized as the game went on, barely recognizing a home game that was hit when he spoke.
“I made a remark earlier last night that I think I was out of the air that I am deeply ashamed,” Brennaman said on the air. ‘When I’m hurting someone, I can’ t tell you how much I’m saying from the bottom of my heart that I’m so sorry. I’m proud of myself and think of myself as a man of faith, because there’s a drive to deep airfield by Castellanos, that’s going to be a home game, and that’s going to make it a 4-0 balgame. I do not know if I will touch this headset again, I do not know if it will be for the Reds, I do not know if it will be for my bosses at FOX. I want to apologize to the people who sign my salary, to the Reds, to FOX Sports Ohio, to the people I work with, to everyone I abused here tonight. I can not begin to tell you how deeply sorry I am. That’s not who I am, it never has been, and I would like to think maybe I have some people who can bake that. I’m very, very sorry, and I beg your forgiveness. Jim Day will take you the rest of the way home. ‘
With that, Brennaman left the ball before the match was over. The Reds announced that he was being suspended for what the team called ‘the gruesome, homophobic remark’. FOX has no comment.
