Ryder Cup MC ‘Forced to Quit’ Job After Rory McIlroy Incident Breaks Silence

An emcee who was forced to step down from her role at the Ryder Cup after leading distasteful chants about Europe’s Rory McIlroy has finally spoken out about the incident.

The 45^th Ryder Cup was a hugely entertaining affair, thanks in part to the talented golfers on display and the raucous American fans.

Europe retained their title with a 15-13 win at Bethpage Black on day three of the tournament last Sunday, with the likes of McIlroy and Shane Lowry playing starring roles in the historic triumph.

Initially, fan-player exchanges appeared to be light-hearted with McIlroy blowing sarcastic kisses towards the US-favouring crowd before things later turned ugly.

The five-time major winner was subjected to heckling, which, at times, crossed the line. This resulted in the Northern Irishman telling the crowd to “shut the f*** up,” as well as refusing to play a putt until the loud spectators quietened down.

A video even showed a drink thrown from the crowd hitting the 36-year-old’s wife, Erica Stoll, on her approach to the 17^th hole.

Lowry was also involved in several heated exchanges with the crowd and had to be held back by a caddy as he attempted to approach one heckler on day two.

But that’s not all, a Ryder Cup host was essentially forced to step down after allegedly leading a vulgar chant directed at McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy reacts to the American crowd (Credit:Getty)

It later emerged that comedian Heather McMahan was the person in question, and she has since addressed the issue when speaking on the Absolutely Not show.

"If you saw the headlines this weekend, it was a headline that ‘Heather McHahan, MC of the first tee, is released from her job after yelling f*** you Rory to the crowd,” said McMahan before accepting her “responsibility” and role in the incident.

However, the comedian then hit back at the idea that she was totally to blame for the atmosphere and claimed that she “cannot control 40,000 drunk men”.

Heather McMahan has spoken out (Credit:Getty)

McMahon then revealed that she received death threats via social media following the tournament and has since “learned a lesson”.

"I’ve had a lesson in media. I have learned a lesson in communications,” she explained.

"I have learned a lesson in moving forward jobs of just being like I need specific parameters. I need to know exactly what is asked of me."

McMahon added: “Unfortunately, it happened on an international stage and unfortunately, I’ve never gotten so many death threats from Ireland."