All posts containing the tag: "fired"
Posted Nov 9th 2009 9:20AM by TMZ Staff
The Kansas City Chiefs have officially kicked Larry Johnson to the curb -- cutting the running back from the NFL team in the wake of his gay slur scandal.
Johnson was just 75 yards away from becoming the team's all-time leading rusher when he was suspended last month, and now it seems he'll remain number two.
The move to chop Johnson gives Chiefs fans one thing to cheer about this season -- in the last few days, tons of KC fans signed a petition to get rid of the running back.
Johnson had used the homophobic f-word in verbal attacks twice in two days -- he also publicly ripped the team's coach.
He also sucks now ... so the team should be better off without him anyway.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: attack, cut, fired, football, gay slur, GaySlur, homophobic, kansas city chiefs, KansasCityChiefs, larry johnson, LarryJohnson, nfl, released, running back, RunningBack
Posted Oct 26th 2009 9:45AM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE: ESPN is now saying they fired Brooke -- but they haven't given an official cause for termination yet.
The ESPN production assistant who exposed a secret relationship with ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips is officially out of a job at the sports network.
A rep from ESPN told the Associated Press that 22-year-old Brooke Hundley "doesn't work at ESPN anymore" --but it was unclear if she quit ... or if she got the chop.
Phillips was fired from his job last night, just a few days after he admitted to having the affair.
A rep for Phillips claims he's entering a treatment facility.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: Brooke Hundley, BrookeHundley, espn, fired, job, quit, scandal, Steve Phillips, StevePhillips
Posted Oct 25th 2009 9:44PM by TMZ Staff
David Letterman he is not -- only a few days after news broke of ESPN analyst Steve Phillips' affair with a 22-year-old production assistant, he's out of a job.
An ESPN spokesperson said Phillips' ability to be an effective analyst was "significantly and irreparably damaged" -- so the sports network decided to give him the old heave-ho.
As we first reported, Steve's hookup Brooke Hundley filed for a restraining order against him one day after she dropped off a letter at his house explaining the affair -- which basically said they were meant to be together.
Hundley withdrew the complaint a few weeks later.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: affiar, brooke hundley, BrookeHundley, espn, fired, general manager, GeneralManager, let go, LetGo, mets, steve phillips, StevePhillips
Posted Oct 25th 2009 12:12PM by TMZ Staff
Frank McCourt's wife, Jamie, may have unceremoniously gotten the ax as CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but she is clearly trying to move on with her personal life.
We got these pictures of Jamie yesterday, lunching in Malibu with Jeff Fuller -- the new guy in her life. Now, in the awkward department, until recently Jeff was the Director of Protocol for the Dodgers.
We're told Jamie and Fuller began seeing each other after she split with Frank. Fuller was fired from the Dodgers in mid-October.
BTW, Fuller's late mom was an heir to the Pillsbury fortune ... translation, he's loaded.
As for Frank ... he was lunching yesterday with some dude at Hotel Montage.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Dirty Divorces, Photo Galleries, Exclusives
Tags: dating, divorce, fired, frank mccourt, FrankMccourt, jamie mccourt, JamieMccourt, jeff fuller, JeffFuller, los angeles dodgers, LosAngelesDodgers, relationship, separation
Posted Oct 24th 2009 11:02AM by TMZ Staff
There's a reason Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt bleeds Dodger blue -- judging from the way he fired his wife of 30 years ... his blood is colder than ice.
TMZ obtained the "Notice of Termination" Frank MAILED to his soon-to-be-ex wife Jamie -- who was fired from her job as co-CEO of the team the day before the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs. Mind you, this letter was sent just 2 weeks before the couple's 30th wedding anniversary.
The letter begins, "Dear Jamie -- This is to inform you that your employment with and positions as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairperson of Los Angeles Dodgers LLC, as well as any and all of the positions that you hold ... are hereby terminated effective immediately."
Though hard to believe, it gets even colder:
"Because your employment is held at-will, the Organization is not required to have cause to terminate your employment and may do so for any reason or no reason at all.
However, your actions, including, but not limited to, your insubordination, non-responsiveness, failure to follow procedures, and inappropriate behavior with regard to a direct subordinate, have made this decision necessary."
And for good measure, we've also learned Frank locked Jamie out of her office today. We're told Jamie called her assistant and asked her to open the office door -- she was informed her key no longer worked.
Nice touch Frank.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Dirty Divorces, Exclusives
Tags: baseball, divorce, fired, frank mccourt, FrankMccourt, jamie mccourt, JamieMccourt, los angeles dodgers, LosAngelesDodgers, termination letter, TerminationLetter
Posted Jun 16th 2009 5:35AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean has threatened to sue the Miss California USA folks for defamation, we've learned. But we just obtained a letter the pageant's lawyer fired off to Carrie's lawyer, threatening to sue her for her "churlish insolent misbehavior."
The long letter details the alleged misdeeds which led to Carrie getting das boot. For starters, the pageant's lawyer says Carrie is full of it when she stated publicly she didn't ink a book deal. The letter also says Carrie had wrongfully turned down 39 pageant appearances since May 12.
And the letter claims Carrie defamed pageant honcho Keith Lewis when she said he "pressured her to appear in Playboy." Lewis says he merely passed on the offer, which he never advocated she take.
The letter says Carrie was fired because of her "intolerable misbehavior," citing "hostile communications from Carrie."
The letter threatens this: "If Carrie Prejean wants to assert in public that she was courteous, cooperative or professional in her conduct as Miss California USA, the history of her churlish insolent misbehavior can be presented."
The lawyer goes on to demand that Carrie stop making defamatory remarks and recant the ones she already made ... or else.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, nude pics, nude pictures, NudePics, NudePictures, pageant, playboy
Posted Jun 10th 2009 7:20PM by TMZ Staff
We just got off the phone with deposed Miss California USA Carrie Prejean -- and she says the pageant was trying to whore her out to Playboy.
Prejean claims pageant honcho Keith Lewis actually asked her last month if she would take two gigs -- appearing on "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" and Playboy. Prejean says Lewis told her Playboy offered $140,000 for her to pose semi-nude. She rejected both offers.
A few minutes ago we talked to Lewis who said he was not pushing her to take either gig -- but merely passing the offers along. Lewis said Prejean had insisted they not turn anything down without running it by her.
Prejean -- who told us she was "shocked" at the news she was fired and learned about it only after we broke the story -- tells us she has been more than cooperative with pageant officials.
Prejean says, "What's behind this I think is a political debate. They don't agree with the stance that I took [on Prop 8]. Shanna [Moakler] is trying to bash me. They don't like me. From day one they wanted me out and they got what they wanted."
Prejean also told us she couldn't believe Donald Trump would say she treated people in the pageant "like s**t." For the record, Trump did tell Harvey Levin that on the phone earlier today. Prejean said if Trump really feels that way she's sorry, adding: "I've shown respect for every party involved, even when they haven't shown it back."
Prejean went on: "I was very respectful of people even when they slandered me and humiliated me. I have not once stooped down to their level."
Filed under: Playboy, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, im a celebrity get me out of here, ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere, keith lewis, KeithLewis, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, nude photos, NudePhotos, pageant, playboy
Posted Jun 10th 2009 2:09PM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE: We learned Carrie just received her letter of termination. She is officially out.
We've learned "biblically correct" Carrie Prejean will lose her Miss California USA crown today because she doesn't play well with others.
Sources connected with the pageant tell us even Donald Trump has now had it with Carrie, because she's violating her contract by not getting clearance to do her extracurricular stuff.
We're also told Carrie has been a no-show for appearances she was supposed to make for the pageant organization.
The firing, we're told, is strictly based on Carrie breaching her contract. It's not based on her political and moral views.
Carrie is getting her walking papers this afternoon.
The new Miss California USA will be Miss Malibu Tami Farrell.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: beauty pageant, BeautyPageant, carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, gay marriage, GayMarriage, miss california controversy, miss california gay marriage, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaControversy, MissCaliforniaGayMarriage, MissCaliforniaUsa, prop 8, Prop8
Posted Jun 10th 2009 2:07PM by TMZ Staff
Donald Trump just told TMZ he gave the green light to fire "biblically correct" Carrie Prejean's award-winning butt because she just wouldn't do the job and treated people badly.
Trump told us Carrie refused to appear at around 30 events on behalf of Miss California USA. He says Prejean was contractually bound to appear and she just wouldn't do it. He doesn't think her attitude has anything to do with her politics.
Trump said: "To me she was the sweetest thing. Everyone else -- she treated like s**t."
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, Miss USA, MissUsa, pageant
Posted Jun 10th 2009 2:07PM by TMZ Staff
Here it is in writing -- the official press release from Donald Trump's Miss California USA Organization confirming why they kicked Carrie Prejean to the curb.
Some of the highlights include:
"...after our press conference in New York we had hoped we would be able to forge a better working relationship..."
"...it has become abundantly clear that Carrie is unwilling to fulfill her obligations under our contract and work together."
Click here to read the entire release, which even comes fully equipped with a quote from the Donald.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, fired, miss california usa, miss usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, MissUsa, pagents
Posted Jun 10th 2009 2:06PM by TMZ Staff
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean fired a slew of nasty, contentious emails to the folks who run Miss CA USA before she got the ax.
For example, on May 29, Carrie wrote: "You do not cooperate with me, and you pick and chose [sic] the the [sic] things YOU want me to do. That is not happening anymore. Stop speaking for me. I have MY own voice."
That flies in the face of another email to a pageant official -- also dated May 29 -- in which she wrote: "Also I was asked to fill in for a dj on a local radio show.. I'll be reading from a show biz script Monday. I am doing this."
There are other emails as well, in which "biblically correct" Carrie made it clear she had contempt for pageant officials and planned to do what she wants to do.
Guess who had the last laugh?
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, miss california, miss california controversy, miss usa, MissCalifornia, MissCaliforniaControversy, MissUsa
Posted Mar 25th 2009 8:59AM by TMZ Staff
The media war is getting nastier between Nadya Suleman and Gloria Allred -- with the cutthroat lawyer going on the "CBS Early Show" this morning to accuse OctoMom of only "burping, changing and loving" the babies "when the cameras are rolling!"
Suleman just fired Angels in Waiting, who Allred reps, for allegedly filing a report against her with child welfare officials -- something Gloria says the nurses are "required" to do.
We hear there are a few porn stars who might be willing to take their place ...
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, OctoMom
Tags: Angels in Waiting, AngelsInWaiting, fired, Gloria Allred, GloriaAllred, Nadya Suleman, NadyaSuleman, OctoMom, video
