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ESPN reporter Marly Rivera fired after being filmed calling colleague a f***ing c***
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Published 11:55 29 Apr 2023 GMT+1

ESPN reporter Marly Rivera fired after being filmed calling colleague a f***ing c***

ESPN have confirmed they have parted ways with baseball reporter Marly Rivera after she was caught on camera swearing at a colleague.

Dan Hargraves

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ESPN has confirmed that baseball reporter Marly Rivera 'no longer works here' after being caught on camera swearing at fellow reporter Ivón Gaete earlier this month.

The incident, which took place on 18 April, saw Rivera and Gaete have a disagreement at Yankee Stadium over who was supposed to interview New York Yankees player Aaron Judge, according to the New York Post.

Gaete, who was working on a freelance basis for Tokyo Broadcasting, is the wife of John Blundell, MLB Vice President of Communications and, according to Rivera, ignored the former ESPN reporter after being repeatedly told by her fellow reporter that she had an appointment to conduct an interview with Judge.

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Rivera then called Gaete a f***ing c*** with the foul language caught on video with subsequent attempts at an apology rebuffed.

The last 27 seconds of Marly Rivera’s career lmfao pic.twitter.com/IIfb22CNjQ

— Emily Nyman (@EmSheDoesIt) April 27, 2023

ESPN have since released a simple statement confirming that Rivera no longer works for them, she has since disabled her social media accounts.

The former ESPN reporter says that she accepts responsibility for swearing at Gaete but felt she was 'being singled out' for the incident by people whom she had a 'long history of professional disagreements.'

Speaking to the New York Post about the incident, Rivera said: "I fully accept responsibility for what I said, which I should not have.

"There were extenuating circumstances but that in no way is an excuse for my actions. I am a professional with a sterling reputation across baseball and I do believe that I am being singled out by a group of individuals with whom I have a long history of professional disagreements."

Rivera's termination of employment sees the end of 13 years at ESPN as a baseball reporter, working both as a broadcast reporter and a writer.

Featured Image Credit: TMZ Sports & ESPN

Topics: Baseball, ESPN

Dan Hargraves
Dan Hargraves

Dan is a freelance sports journalist currently in his final year studying Football Journalism at the University of Derby. Currently working for SPORTBible and Reach PLC, he has also worked for Snack Media amongst others. His proudest work thus far came at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games where he was a live blogger for the Commonwealth Games Federation, providing sports coverage on the tournament's official website to over a billion people.

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