Jemele Hill Says ESPN Was Right to Suspend Her
ESPN sports anchor Jemele Hill received a two-week suspension after going publicly against U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign against the NFL, and she appears to have no qualms about it.
The anchor was slapped with a 2-week suspension when she sent anti-Jerry Jones tweets, wherein she encouraged followers to boycott his sponsors. ESPN's decision to reprimand Hill is related to the NFL's national anthem kneeling controversy. Since July, she has defended the players' protest against racial inequalities as well as police brutality.
Hill, whose suspension will be lifted on Monday, told TMZ Sports in an interview on Saturday that the network acted based on their social media policies. And she does not question that.
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Though her coworkers, celebrities, and other athletes spoke out against ESPN, Hill believes the network was right to suspend her. Additionally, she made it clear that she does not feel suppressed, that she loves ESPN even more.
Hill also took a shot at the U.S. President's campaign against the NFL players' bending the knee wherein she called Trump "ignorant" and claimed that he only won the election because of "white supremacy."
The White House issued a statement suggesting Hill can be terminated from her position. ESPN, in a response, clarified that the sports anchor's opinion does not reflect the network's. And that Hill has acknowledged her actions as inappropriate.
Prior to her suspension, Hill recognized that Twitter was an inappropriate medium to vent her frustrations on.
"I would tell people, absolutely, after my Donald Trump tweets, I deserved that suspension. I deserved it. Like, absolutely. I violated the policy," Hill told TMZ.
The "SportsCenter" co-host, however, does not regret making those statements and she will not take them back too. But she did admit she regrets putting her show in a bad position.
