NBC Sports has suspended analyst Jeremy Roenick, a former NHL forward, after he joked about several of his coworkers, including Kathryn Tappen and Patrick Sharp.
Roenick made the comments during an appearance on Barstool Sports’s Spittin’ Chiclets podcast on Thursday. The network has since suspended Roenick without pay, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The former hockey player began the interview describing a recent vacation he took with his wife and Tappen, who is close friends with Roenick’s wife, to a resort in Portugal.
“Bro, when you walk into every place when you have two blonde bombshells on each side and nobody, I’m telling you, your chest pops out a lot more,” Roenick said.
Roenick recalled one instance at a resort pool when an older lady, confused about the dynamics of Roenick’s relationship with his wife and Tappen, asked Roenick if “they’re both with you?” Roenick said he answered, “Yes they are.”
“And then Kathryn says, ‘Will you shut up?’ She starts yelling at me. I play it off, like, you know, we’re going to bed together every night, the three of us,” Roenick said. “My wife and Katheryn are very close friends, and they scream and yell at me, but, hey, listen, it’s worth the yelling, there’s no question.”
He added, “If it really came to fruition, that would really be good, but it’s never going to happen.”
Tappen is “one of the most professional sports personalities I know,” Roenick later said. “There is nobody that wants it more and that will kick someone’s ass if they disrespect her.”
Roenick also joked about sleeping with Sharp, saying, “I’d have to think about it if he asked me. … I wouldn’t say no right away.”
