ESPN NBA host Rachel Nichols is one of the most prominent reporters in the business and she is going through hell this week after a creep secretly recorded her while having a private conversation in her hotel room, according to a report from Deadspin.
Nichols, a veteran reporter and the host of ESPN’s The Jump, was recorded while having a conversation about her career and the network’s NBA coverage.
Deadspin reports that the edited video of Nichols’ conversation was sent to them “as an attempt to discredit Nichols’ job status within ESPN, and with the public at large, with the anonymous source texting our reporter that the videos would ‘expose’ Nichols as a ‘back-stabber’ and a phony ally.”
It should be noted that Deadspin reported Nichols’ face was never seen in the video and she could not be heard saying anything “that could be construed as either a back-stabber or phony ally.” The edited video is believed to have come from Nichols’ hotel room inside the NBA bubble at Disney World in Orlando.
ESPN released a statement to Deadspin on the secretly recorded video.
“We are extremely disappointed about the leak of a private conversation. It’s indefensible and an intrusion on Rachel’s privacy,” ESPN said in a statement. “As for the substance of the conversation, it is not reflective of our decision-making on staffing assignments for the NBA, which has largely been driven by the circumstances of the pandemic.”
