Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has been left confused by comments made by former ESPN and Fox Sports reporter Jason Whitlock regarding Fox Sports 1's Joy Taylor. After Taylor was named in a lawsuit by former Fox Sports hair stylist Noushin Faraji that alleged a toxic workplace culture and accused Taylor of saying that she would falsely accuse a network exec of sexual harassment, Whitlock weighed in.
In an episode of his "Fearless with Jason Whitlock" show on Monday, the often-times controversial and outspoken Whitlock weighed in. In a lengthy segment, Whitlock, a right winger, took aim at Taylor for being a symbol for the feminist movement, Black queens movement and DEI movement.
Despite that, he made another comment about Taylor where he sexualized the on-air host, commenting on her breasts as well as her skin as seen in the video included on the second slide below.
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When Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard saw the quote, he along with many other fans was left dumbfounded. Lillard reposted the carousel from Kicks on his Instagram story along with:
"In what world?"
What did Jason Whitlock say about Joy Taylor? Looking at comments made by the former Fox Sports reporter before Damian Lillard's response
After the news of former hair stylist Noushin Faraji's lawsuit against Fox Sports 1, which named Skip Bayless and Joy Taylor, among others, went viral, Jason Whitlock weighed in on his show "Fearless with Jason Whitlock."
Although fans joked beforehand that the Monday edition of Whitlock's show would likely be hours long, the former ESPN and Fox Sports reporter kept the episode to its usual two-hour format.
During the show, however, Whitlock made a number of comments about Joy Taylor and her connection to Fox Sports executive Charles Dixon. The way he sees things, the fact that Taylor got the job in the first place after doing radio work in Miami didn't make much sense.
Once Taylor joined the network, however, Whitlock decided to keep his distance.
“(Joy Taylor) knows that she has very little to offer, so what does she end up offering up? … I basically, for the most part, just kept my distance from Joy Taylor.
"Not because I didn’t like her, just because I knew myself. I know what I’m capable of. That big rack of hers that she showed off constantly. And that peanut butter skin with that big rack. Like, 'Jay, keep your distance. That’s going to get you into trouble.'”
While Taylor hasn't responded to the comments from Whitlock, it's clear that they didn't sit right with Damian Lillard.
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