Michelle Beadle is letting the world know that she did not lose any sleep over her decision to leave ESPN in 2019.
The former “NBA Countdown” host was a guest on “The Ariel Helwani Show” last week and explained in great detail on why she was at peace leaving the Worldwide Leader in Sports.
“I think because I did what I did and I reached what I wanted to reach and I was financially good. I think all of that combined really let me relax because I had worked so hard for so many years … I had never really taken a ‘break break’ from it,” Beadle said.
“I didn’t care if I was seen again because it was on my own terms. Had I been fired or had it been just a little bit different of an ending, maybe I would have been a little more angry or a little more feeling I have to get out there.”
Her exit in 2019 made it her second time leaving the company and quite possibly the last time.
When she first left for NBC in 2012, Beadle said that ESPN gave her an emotional, grand exit. The second time around, it was “a completely different animal,” she said.
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“It was like a breakup. When you break up, you walk away cool. You have a clean conscience, you’re like I did what I did, said what I said. It was my dream job for a while and I did it. It was good,” Beadle said. “I know we did a good show and I rest thinking that. It was almost the best-case scenario for leaving something like that rather than jumping back into something that you didn’t want to do.”
When Beadle parted ways with ESPN 2 years ago, the network bought out her $5 million per year contract.
These days, Beadle has joined the Spurs broadcast team as a “special correspondent” for the 2021-22 NBA season. She also has her own podcast, “What Did I Miss?” with the The Athletic.
