ESPN Fires Hank Williams Jr. After Controversial Remarks
Hank Williams, Jr., who compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler on a morning show, has been fired by ESPN, Gossip Cop has learned.
The sports network yanked Williams intro Are You Ready for Some Football from its Monday Night Football game this week.
Now the move is permanent.
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In a statement, ESPN said, We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue.
Williams fumbled when he said on Fox News that Obama and Speaker of the HouseJohn Boehners playing a round of golf together was like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.
He also called Obama and vice president Joe Biden the enemy.
Williams later acknowledged his remarks were dumb, but that clearly wasnt enough for ESPN.
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