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Jeremy Roenick sues NBC for firing him over comments on Barstool podcast

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Jeremy Roenick has filed a law suit against NBC for firing him over “jokes” he made on Barstool’s Spittin’ Chiclets podcast. According to a report in Variety, Roenick claims NBC discriminated against him as a straight man and because of his outspoken support for President Trump.

Jeremy Roenick’s tasteless “joke” about Kathryn Tappen

During a December Spittin’ Chiclets podcast, which is notorious for moments like these, Roenick talked about his NBC co-host, Kathryn Tappen in a sexual way. He went into a story about how they were on vacation and both Tappen and Roenick’s wife were in bikinis “looking f**king smoking”.