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ESPN suspends host Jemele Hill for 2 weeks
ESPN announced Monday that it suspended host Jemele Hill over “a second violation” of the company’s social media guidelines.
“She previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet,” ESPN officials said in a statement, apparently referring to a Sept. 11 tweet in which Hill called President Donald Trump a “white supremacist.”
The network said in a statement that the “SportsCenter” co-host would be suspended for two weeks.
It was not immediately clear what Hill did to violate ESPN’s social media guidelines. However, she appeared to encourage people to boycott advertisers who work with the Dallas Cowboys after the team’s owner said Sunday that players who refuse to stand during the national anthem would not be allowed on the field.
“If there is anything disrespecting the flag, then we will not play. Period,” Jerry Jones told The Dallas Morning News. “We’re going to respect the flag, and I’m going to create the perception of it.”
In a series of tweets Sunday, Hill said that Jones “underestimated how all of his fan base feels” and urged people not to support the Cowboys’s advertisers.
“This play always works,” Hill wrote Sunday night. “Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about JJ’s statement, boycott his advertisers.”
Hill came under fire last month after she wrote in a series of tweets that the president “is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself (with) other white supremacists.”
The tweets prompted a response from White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who said last month that she did not know if Trump had seen the post.
“I think that’s one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make and certainly something that I think is a fireable offense by ESPN,” Sanders said last month at a White House news briefing.
Hill later apologized for her comments, saying she meant only to express her own opinion and not that of ESPN.
“My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light,” she said in a Sept. 13 statement. “My respect for the company and my colleagues remains unconditional.”
Highly acclaimed and much-loved singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and South London native Jessica Wilde kicks of her 2024 by joining forces with the incredible Josh Barry for a soulful Valentine’s Day release ‘Love Like This’, out 14th February.
Packed with soaring emotions and infused with smoky orchestral atmospheres, ‘Love Like This’ is a striking nu-soul gem which will be released on Wilde’s forthcoming album and follows her recent singles ‘Freak Out’ and ‘Feathers’ ft. Zoe Kypri. The two 2023 singles saw her pick up many spins on BBC Radio 1’s Future Artists with Jack Saunders, BBC Radio 1 Introducing with Jess Iszatt, John Kennedy’s X-Posure Daily on Radio X, playlist support across the board from Spotify, Apple, Youtube and Tidal amongst other acclaim. Josh Barry has also been picking up serious heat, recently featuring with Rudimental and Sigma, collaborating with Nile Rogers and opening for Rag ‘N’ Bone Man on tour. Josh Barry brings a dynamic force to the collab as he embodies the spirit of legendary icons like James Brown and Jimi Hendrix.
On ‘Love Like This’, Wilde explains, “When we got in the studio, the song basically wrote itself, we wanted to capture that raw soulful essence in our husky tones, and a nostalgic feeling of those classic Marvin Gaye love songs but with a 2024 flip.”
As the dreamy, smooth track escalates, Wilde and Barry’s yearning vocals entwine with epic effect as the pair find the ‘Love Like This’ that they have been searching and waiting for. The release comes with a Valentine’s launch show at the iconic ‘The Bedford’ and a 6-part Instagram & TikTok reel series, released every other day from 16th February, which everyone should tune into to see Wilde and Barry explore the track’s steamy and romantic themes in more depth through nostalgic aesthetics.
2024 looks set to be an exciting new year for Wilde. With her album on the horizon, she has been gaining growing support from not only BBC Radio 1 but also 6 Music, BBC Radio London, KISS, editorial playlist support across DSPs, as well as features in CLASH, Complex, Wonderland, The Independent and many more.
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