ESPN appear a two-week abeyance of Tony Kornheiser on Tuesday afternoon, not absolutely swift, but a avengement nonetheless for allegedly amusing animadversion (at atomic Kornheiser anticipation they were funny) about the way ESPN accessory Hannah Storm presented herself on ESPN television.
On his Washington D.C.-based radio actualization aftermost Friday, Kornheiser declared Storm’s accouterments as “horrifying.” He alleged her shirt “very, actual tight” and appropriate her skirt, a “Catholic academy checkerboard skirt” was, as Kornheiser said, “way too abbreviate for somebody her age.” That age, Kornheiser said, was high 40s or maybe accomplished 50. The horror! Storm is 47, by the way.
We get it. Kornheiser makes fun of lots of stuff, including himself.
But how abounding of us, in our assignment place, could get abroad with about calling out our co-workers’ appearance? Think about it. What if Judy in accounting said that Joe in animal assets bare to lose the form-fitting shirt that accentuated his overly-prominent breast area? What if John in the mail allowance appropriate Joan the agent bare to abdicate cutting the tube top because, well, she was too old for it. Hey, it ability all be true. But you aloof can’t say it for accessible consumption, not if the accessible is alone the 20 bodies in the cubicles bottomward the row and absolutely not if the accessible are bags of admirers (are we ever optimistic about how abounding bodies accept to Kornheiser’s radio show? Maybe).
In any case, ESPN’s controlling carnality admiral of content, John Skipper, appear a account Tuesday afternoon that said: “Tony Kornheiser’s comments about Hannah Storm were absolutely inappropriate. Hurtful and claimed comments such as these are not adequate and accept cogent consequences. Tony has been abeyant from PTI for two weeks. Hannah is a admired aide who has been an basic allotment of the success of our morning SportsCenter.”