Celebrities Fired From Their Jobs
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October 23, 2017
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Jemele Hill is back on the air tonight after a two-week suspension for violating ESPN’s social media policy. The tweets in question? Donald Trump and the NFL.
The 41-year-old journalist took to Twitter Monday morning to announce her return.
::taps mic:: Is this thing on?
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 23, 2017
1 — Back tonight at 6 (we’re on ESPN2 tonight). Sitting on a few hot takes, to say the least.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 23, 2017
2 — Thank you all for standing with me and by me. Trust me, you did not do so in vain. My heart is full. See you tonight.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 23, 2017
But it was this interview over the weekend that has a few people scratching their head. Hill told TMZ Sports that although the support from everyone was “humbling…I absolutely deserved that suspension. I violated the policy.”
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