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“They were trying to make themselves look good because all the Black Lives Matter and George Floyd stuff was going on. So ESPN tried to make themselves look good by taking the job from Rachel that she had already had, that they already told her she had, that she deserved, and give it to Maria just to make themselves look good.”
“It wasn’t a genuine job they wanted to give Maria. ESPN is behind all of this. It’s all their fault. I can’t blame Rachel, I love Rachel, and I’m going to stand behind her. I spoke to her. And I’m going to stand behind Maria, too,” Jackson said.
In the video obtained by The New York Times, Nichols praised Taylor, saying that she wishes here “all the success in the world,” but followed that by blaming ESPN for its “crappy longtime record on diversity.”
ESPN has not made any comment on the situation.
Nichols told The New York Times that she has reached out to Taylor but did not receive a response.
Nichols explained that she was expressing herself to a friend about her frustration, not with Taylor, but with ESPN.
