Since Joy Taylor, Skip Bayless, and several other Fox Sports employees were named in a lawsuit filed by a hairstylist, it hasn’t stopped trending on social media.
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In the complaint, Noushin Faraji accuses Bayless of making inappropriate advances toward her and offering her $1.5 million in exchange for sex. He also alleges that Executive Vice President of Content Charlie Dixon groped her during a party, and claims that Taylor created a hostile work environment, according to Front Office Sports.
Faraji also claims that Taylor had a sexual affair with Dixon and fellow Fox Sports host Emmanuel Acho to move up the company and receive promotions that she otherwise wouldn’t. As a result, elderly clips of Taylor talking about her romantic standards and being a woman in sports media have surfaced on the internet.
In a clip from her “Two Personal” podcast, she says, “Can we just keep it a buck? If they’re fine enough, if they’re funny enough, or if their financial status is what you want. Fine, funny, f***ing money.”
She continued, “You’re throwing all boundaries, standards. All that s*** you talked on Instagram about how you would never. And this woman… cuz women this… and men this… And you’re moving forward with this person.”
In another clip, during an appearance on “I Am Athlete,” she discusses being a woman working in sports media, saying, “You have to constantly reaffirm that you’re good enough, that you belong there, and always prove it… You gotta do twice the work for half the opportunity.”
While nothing has been proven, social media has run with the allegations and used these resurfaced slips to prove that the claims against Taylor are true.
Several inappropriate jokes have also been made about Taylor and other women in sports media.
On Monday, just a couple of days after the lawsuit was filed, former NFL player Antonio Brown chimed in on the subject and made an insensitive comment about sports journalist Jemele Hill.
On X, Brown implied that Hill is not attractive, writing, “Nobody wanted to f**k Jamele huh? #CTESPN.”
Hill saw the post, and swiftly clapped back, writing in response, “Well I wouldn’t know anything about being community. But you do. Please share with the class what it’s like to be passed around, since you have so much experience.”
People have also started to involve former Fox Sports host Shannon Sharpe in the matter since he once worked with Bayless on “Undisputed.”
However, Sharpe has made it clear that he is not involved in the matter, quickly dismissing it during an episode of his “Nightcap” show.
