Jemele Hill (Photo via ESPN)
To commemorate its final shows, Around the Horn will bring back former panelists, including Jemele Hill and Kate Fagan, for one last hoorah.
Hill was part of the ESPN family for over a decade, covering a handful of sports as a columnist and TV personality.
Hill joined ESPN in 2006, and her tenure wouldn’t end until 2017. Fagan, a former basketball standout, was with the network from 2012 to 2018
Both Hill and Fagan were fan favorites during their original stints on the program.
As ESPN prepares to bid farewell to a major part of its afternoon lineup, the return of Jemele Hill and Kate Fagan offers a nostalgic moment for longtime viewers of Around the Horn.
After the announcement, Jemele Hill took to social media and posted, “One last mute for the road.”
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Around the Horn, which premiered in 2002, will air its final episode on May 23 after more than two decades on air.
No permanent replacement has been announced for Around the Horn’s 5 p.m. ET slot.
Jemele Hill’s Tenure At ESPN Ended In Controversy
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 07: Jemele Hillattends as Netflix opens up Culturecon New York with a screening of The Redeem Team featuring Dwyane Wade and an Entergalactic Party on October 07, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Netflix)
Jemele Hill left ESPN in September 2018 after a controversial tenure that was marked by her voicing her opinion on Donald Trump and Jerry Jones.
Hill left “SportsCenter” in January 2018 following an infamous tweet about President Donald Trump.
In September 2017, Hill called Trump a “white supremacist” and then got suspended a month later after calling for the boycott of Dallas Cowboys advertisers after owner Jerry Jones said he’d bench players who knelt during the anthem.
Hill even caught Trump’s attention. In 2017, the former president tweeted: “With Jemele Hill at the mike (sic), it is no wonder ESPN ratings have ‘tanked,’ in fact, tanked so badly it is the talk of the industry!”
Sports Fans React To Jemele Hill’s Shocking Career News
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: Jemele Hill attends Spotify’s 2023 Best New Artist Party at Pacific Design Center on February 02, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Spotify )
Longtime journalist and former ESPN personality Jemele Hill is getting set to make yet another huge career decision.
According to a report from Bloomberg, Hill is currently negotiating her release from Spotify.
“Hill and Spotify are negotiating the terms of her separation, which will result in the end of her show and network — at least at Spotify, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiation is ongoing.”
At the moment, Spotify has Hill’s network of shows, such as “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered.”
This news comes amid Hill daring the company to have a Black creator receive a paycheck attuned to what Joe Rogan was getting from the service, which was reported at the time to be around $100 million.
“What I would like to see is for them to hand $100 million to somebody who is Black,” Hill told the Times last year.
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Spotify launched a $100 million Creator Equity Fund to promote diversity in response to controversies surrounding Rogan and his presence, but Bloomberg added that the entire initiative got off to a slow start and was nowhere near expending the full $100 million.
Aside from Hill’s potential exit, Joe Budden and Ava DuVernay are two other Black celebrities to leave Spotify recently.
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Jemele Hill announced back in 2018 she was leaving ESPN after 12 years with the company. She did so after a buyout of her $2.5 million per year contract.
Hill joined ESPN as a columnist in 2006 before making appearances on several television shows. In 2013, Hill began hosting Numbers Never Lie with Michael Smith, and the name of the show was later changed to His & Hers.
She came under heavy fire back in 2017 when she posted several tweets that were critical of President Donald Trump.
In one tweet, Hill called Trump a “white supremacist.”
She would be suspended for other tweets after calling out Jerry Jones’ stance against protesting during the national anthem.
Just like before, she is sure to land on her feet elsewhere.
