Robert Griffin III seems to be taking his sudden firing from ESPN in stride.
As reported by The Athletic, Griffin was let go on Thursday, August 15 alongside Sunday NFL Countdown host Samantha Ponder. Griffin, who had tw years left on his deal, confirmed the news with a scene from the F. Gary Gray-directed comedy featuring Ice Cube's character Craig Jones getting berated by John Witherspoon's Willie Jones for getting canned.
"How the hell you gone get fired on your day off?" Willie Jones asks his son as he sits on the toilet. "I don't know," he replies.
The decision to fire both Griffin and Ponder comes ahead of the end of ESPN's fiscal year in September, indicating they were let go due to financial reasons. They both made over seven figures with ESPN and still had time left on their contracts. They were told they were fired on Thursday morning. It's not immediately clear who will replace either of them, especially with the first Sunday NFL Countdown episode just 24 days away.
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Ponder has garnered criticism in recent weeks after she shared support for Italian boxer Angela Carini following her loss to Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, a cis woman who has been the target of a misinformation campaign questioning her gender. Griffin, meanwhile, offered his support for Khelif and congratulated her for winning a gold medal.
