Charlie Arnold talks about his former employer, ESPN.
Arnold, who previously worked for WWE as a backstage interviewer under the name Charlie Caruso, announced earlier this week that he was leaving ESPN due to an outkick.
Arnold appeared on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom on Thursday to explain why she believes there is a contradiction in her former employer’s stated policy of staying out of politics.
Arnold also praised her former colleagues Sage Steele and Sam Ponder for speaking out against Leah Thomas and other transgender female athletes.
“ESPN has been very adamant about keeping politics out of its shows, but we just saw it do an all-out tribute for Leah Thomas during Women’s Month late last month.
“So it doesn’t seem like they’ve completely ruled out politics. But I think these two women are doing it for women who are sadly losing their hard-earned successes.” I have to commend you for standing up.”
After swimming as a man for three years at the University of Pennsylvania, Thomas converted to women and set numerous records.
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Ponder, host of ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown,” after former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines slammed the Biden administration’s proposal to ban a blanket ban on transgender youth athletes murmured“This will rob biological women and girls of many opportunities in sport. is.”
Steel, the anchor of “SportsCenter”, murmured“This is heartbreaking, maddening, and really hard to watch. I keep thinking that when I wake up, I’ll be relieved that this was all a silly, comical, nonsensical dream….”
In an appearance on Fox News, Arnold hinted that Thomas’ incident should be a warning shot for what happens when transgender athletes compete with women in physical team sports.
“I think a lot of women are reluctant to stand up for women’s rights because they don’t want to be seen as politically incorrect. Where has this world and this conversation gone?” It’s really strange,” said Arnold.
“It’s a very slippery slope because this is swimming and I’ve seen transgender percolate into the world of women, but it’s a much more aggressive sport than swimming: a team sport. There are so many. Think soccer or basketball. [If] What happens to women when the average male athlete enters that world? It is a very dangerous landscape. “
When asked why he left ESPN, Arnold said, “I’m a very opinionated person – I’ve always been. There were a lot of conversations and issues that just permeated the world of sports and society at large, but I couldn’t talk about them.
“And I felt so uncomfortable because I wasn’t being honest with myself. And then there are places, like OutKick, where the concept of cancel culture doesn’t exist. Like Clay Travis, everyone who works at the company There are people who really stand by people and say, “As long as you’re convicted of what you’re saying and you really believe it, you can say anything and you shouldn’t worry about anything.” .”
