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Graeme Souness was ‘SACKED’ by Sky Sports for ‘clumsy comment’, claims axed presenter Richard Keys
FORMER Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has claimed Graeme Souness was sacked by the channel for comments made at the start of the season.
Souness was slammed by England’s Lionesses last August for calling football “a man’s game” live on air after Chelsea drew 2-2 with Tottenham.
Richard Keys claims Graeme Souness was sacked by Sky for comments he made earlier this season[/caption]
The 70-year-old held back tears during his Sky farewell appearance at the end of April after he was given a round of applause in the studio.
Sky Sports confirmed that they had mutually agreed with Souness that he would be stand down from his role as a pundit on the end of his contract after 15 years with the broadcaster.
Sky Sports posted a tribute video to Twitter of Souness over the years, thanking him for his time as a pundit.
But writing in his blog, disgraced former Sky host Keys claims to have spoken to a “Sky insider”, and alleged the broadcaster chose to axe Souness following his comments following the Chelsea vs Spurs game.
Keys said: “It turns out it was decided to dispense with Graeme’s services the moment he referred to football being a ‘man’s game’.
“Remember? He used that phrase after Chelsea’s 2-2 draw v Spurs in August. His comments caused a bit of a stir. He was clumsy in his phraseology. He didn’t mean harm, but you can’t say that anymore.
“Football is simply a game – enjoyed by everyone. And we should celebrate that.
“I think most people felt that Graeme had been clumsy and he’s a much loved character, so they were happy to give him the benefit of the doubt – but senior management at Sky certainly weren’t.
“They decided that was it. He’d be out at the first opportunity.”
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Keys comments come after, writing for the Daily Mail, Souness said he remains “open for business”.
Souness originally said on Sky last August: “It’s a man’s game all of a sudden again.”
He added: “Men at it, blow for blow, and the referee letting them get on with it.”
Speaking about the end of his punditry career with Sky last month, Souness said: “I’m going to miss you guys, the guys behind the scenes, our makeup girl, I’ll miss you all.
“You know, for me, I decided that football management wasn’t for me anymore. I had the wrong temperament for it, the wrong personality.
“And then I was given the opportunity to do this and it’s been magnificent. It’s just been the most fantastic time for me, because I love football, I care about football and I worry about it going forward.
“But in Sky’s hands, it’s in good hands, safe hands, and I think over the years we’ve created a Premier League with great detail and I think we look after football very well.”
Sky Sports director of football Gary Hughes paid tribute to Souness as he said: ‘We will miss Graeme’s no-nonsense approach in the studio – matched only by his playing style.”
Keys left Sky Sports in January 2011 after making derogatory comments about women.
Co-presenter Andy Gray, 67, was fired after making sexist comments about a female assistant referee.
Sky Sports refused to comment on Keys’ claims when approached by SunSport last night.
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I’m a sexy mechanic – I was sacked when bosses discovered my racy side hustle… but I got the ultimate revenge
A SEXY mechanic was sacked when her bosses discovered her racy side hustle – but she managed to get her revenge.
Kirsten Vaughn, 24, was fired from the Don Ayres Honda dealership in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in February.
Kirsten Vaughn, 24, was fired from the Don Ayres Honda dealership[/caption]
But she managed to get her own back by working as a mechanic again even after being fired[/caption]
She was let go about a month after she created an account on the website OnlyFans and began posting explicit material.
But she managed to get her own back – by picking up a mechanic job elsewhere and running a successful TikTok account.
Kirsten told BuzzFeed News she was devastated to be let go from the dealership, saying: “I was a phenomenal employee with a perfect record that never got in trouble.
“When I went to work and I was on the clock, I did my job and I was good at it.
“I was appropriate when I was at work. I wore my uniform. I did what I had to do.”
Before she was fired, Kirsten met with management, who asked her about her explicit online account.
They allegedly discussed “the harm Vaughn’s OnlyFans account could do to the reputation of their business.”
She was later terminated for “violating company policy.”
Kirsten said: “To me it just does not make sense that they’re so concerned about their image and they’re so concerned about [my OnlyFans page], but they just let [other] things slide.”
Now she runs popular social media account @vermilionvixenmain.
She says she is now making more money from sharing raunchy content than she ever did as a mechanic.
The auto technician shares her knowledge in TikTok videos broadcast to her 1.3million followers.
The female technician has shown how her career in a predominantly male-dominated industry introduces a distinct set of baggage.
She says she was sexually harassed by several of her co-workers at the dealership after they discovered her OnlyFans account.
The mechanic revealed: “I had a coworker come up to me and… he was telling me how the salesmen were all huddled up in a group, and that he had come up to the group and they were on an OnlyFans page.
“They literally would not shut up about my page. I begged them to not tell anybody, and they would laugh in my face and say, ‘Ha ha ha, we’re helping you make money. Shut up.”
She’s not the only one to make a lifestyle change and pursue a side hustle.
A single mum who quit her job as a banker for an OnlyFans career now makes £1,200 a day and has just bought her third property.
Lucy Banks, from Perth, Australia, took up adult content creation after quitting her business banking job in 2019 – and now claims her two sons are “set for life”.
One teacher has told how she was constantly judged in school because of her curvy figure.
Romi Chase, 30, left education after growing tired of comments from students and staff who upset her with rude and sexual comments.
Romi left her homeland in 2017 and has since earned millions doing OnlyFans.
Meanwhile, plenty of others have taken to OnlyFans to rake in the cash.
Plus, a man who quit his job as a delivery driver now rakes in £35,000 a year through his genius side hustle.
Mohammed Amin, 28, now puts up flatpack furniture for a living – a year after he started doing odd handyman jobs to make some extra cash.
Kirsten got revenge on her former bosses[/caption]
She now runs a popular TikTok and Instagram[/caption]
She’s a female mechanic and runs an OnlyFans account too[/caption]