Jeremy Roenick sues NBC claiming straight man discrimination

torontosun.com:

Who fired J.R.? It was NBC. Why? Because of discrimination, the former NHL star claims.Jeremy Roenick is suing NBC Sports for wrongful termination, saying they discriminated against him as a straight man after a number of controversial things he told another outlet.Roenick was fired after going on the “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast on Barstool Sports and joking about having a threesome with his wife and Kathryn Tappen, an NBC coworker.

Roenick also says his outspoken support of U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016 hurt his cause.“I’m swimming with my wife and Kathryn, and they’ve got their bikinis on, and they look f***in’ smokin’,” he said on the podcast in December. “Ass and boobs everywhere.