Cincinnati Reds' broadcaster Thom Brennaman got suspended from working Cincinnati's games after using anti-gay slurs on 19 August 2020. After his action, the Reds prompted an apology for the "horrific, homophobic remark." Brennaman did not know he was on-air as he threw the anti-slurs. The incident happened after the Fox Sports Ohio feed returned from a commercial break before the to of the seventh inning in the game of a doubleheader at Kansas City.
Brennaman apologized for his slurs, but he has been off the broadcast since the fifth inning of the second game.
The Cincinnati Reds later issued an apology with a statement after Brennaman's anti-gay slurs.
An apology from Cincinnati Reds (©: Cincinnati Reds)
The team mentioned:
"The Cincinnati Reds organization is devastated by the horrific, homophobic remark made this evening by broadcaster Thom Brennaman. He has pulled off the air, and effective immediately was suspended from doing Reds broadcasts. We will be addressing our broadcasting team in the coming days.”
Brennaman had already asked for an apology during the opening of the fifth inning, stating he was ashamed of his comment, which went on-air. 'If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart, I am very, very sorry,' he added. Also, he apologized to the Reds, Fox Sports, and his coworkers.
Thom Brennaman's Net Worth And Salary
Thom Brennaman, as an American Sportscaster, has derived the net worth of $3 million along with a salary of $700 Thousand. Similarly, working with Fox News has laid him the average salary ranging between $300,000 to $400,000 per year.
Brennaman, age 56, broadcasted baseball for more than thirty years in his career. However, on 20 August, he got suspended for using a homophobic slur.
After he graduated from Ohio University, he started working for the NBC affiliate WLWT-TV. Along with Johhny Bench, he also worked as the play-by-play announcer on television for the Cincinnati Reds. Also, he served as a Chicago Cubs broadcasts alongside Harry Caray.
Besides that, he was the first television voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks and did play-by-play for the Bowl Championships Series and the Big Ten Network. Since 2006, Brennaman started serving in Cincinnati Reds as a broadcaster, which ended in August 2020.