Michelle Beadle accidentally says “N-word” on FanDuel TV

Veteran sports reporter and anchor Michelle Beadle had an unfortunate slip of the tongue on Friday Run it back Show on FanDuel TV.

Along with NBA analysts Lou Williams and Chandler Parsons, Beadle began writing a piece about the Denver Nuggets, but seemingly referred to the team as the N-word.

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“Michael Porter Jr. recently said – oh, I don’t like that – if that [n-word]“The Nuggets are not winning this,” Beadle began, immediately realizing her mistake and looking to her co-hosts. “Don’t try to get me involved in this,” Beadle said before trying to get back into the segment.

For Williams and Parsons, however, this moment wouldn’t pass easily. As Beadle tried to continue, Williams put his head on the desk in complete disbelief. “I buy. Beadle will be in trouble today,” Williams said. “That’s not fair!” Beadle snapped back. “It’s not even a thing, it’s not even a word,” Beadle continued.

“If you come to the club, I’ve got you,” Williams assured Beadle. “No one will say anything.”

It was clearly a mistake that Beadle immediately regretted and tried to play off. When the word came out of her mouth, she seemed almost as surprised as her colleagues on the show.

And to their credit, Williams and Parsons also showed some grace by trying to move past the moment. But for about a minute, the two were too shocked by what had just happened to carry on normally.

There have been recent incidents of commenters losing their jobs for accidentally using the racial slur. Oakland A’s play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper was fired last year for a similar mistake.

Friday’s gaffe seemed like a real blunder, but in today’s social media environment, it probably won’t go unnoticed. It will be interesting to see if FanDuel TV responds to the incident.

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