Sportscaster Fired Over Report Containing Multiple References to Prince

Last week on Nashville’s WZTV, sportscaster Dan Phillips did a sports report containing a ton of references to Prince in memory of the late artist.

It got him fired.

Check out the original report here to see just how many Prince references (some more obvious than others) Phillips threw into a mere 4 minutes:

Fun and harmless, right?

Well, apparently it rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and Phillips revealed yesterday that it got him fired:

First of all, I want to thank everyone for the kind words, comments and positive feedback on this tribute I did to Prince last week. It really means a lot.

Unfortunately, there were apparently some viewers, as well as management at the station, who did not feel the same way. They felt I was insensitive. And as a result, I was terminated today.

I’m choosing to use this as a catalyst for some exciting things I’ve been working on for some time now. I’ll have many more details on this in coming days.

For now, thanks again for all of your support. And if you need an old, washed-up sports guy for anything, please let me know!

[h/t Deadspin]
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