“My household and I’ve determined that I’m going to step away from my position as the tv voice of the Cincinnati Reds,” Brennaman stated in a press release to WCPO.
“I wish to thank the Reds, Reds followers and the LGBTQ Group for the unimaginable help and beauty they’ve proven my household and me,” he wrote.
Brennaman was heard saying, “One of many f*g capitals of the world,” throughout a Fox Sports activities Ohio broadcast final month.
The remark was made after a business break throughout a doubleheader between the Reds and the Kansas Metropolis Royals in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
It is unknown what led to that comment and the context behind it.
Brennaman went on to say that he was grateful for the forgiveness folks had prolonged to him, particularly these within the LGBTQ neighborhood and expressed a hope to return to the career sometime. “If I am given that chance, I shall be a greater broadcaster and a significantly better particular person,” he stated.
He was suspended final month from doing Reds broadcasts and launched the next assertion at the moment.
“I wish to sincerely apologize for the inappropriate feedback I made throughout final night time’s telecast. I made a horrible mistake. To the LGBTQ neighborhood, and all folks I’ve damage or offended, from the underside of my coronary heart, I’m actually sorry. I respectfully ask to your grace and forgiveness,” the assertion stated.
The Reds had additionally apologized after the incident to the “LGBTQ+ neighborhood in Cincinnati, Kansas Metropolis, all throughout this nation, and past.”
“The Reds respect Thom Brennaman’s determination to step away from the printed sales space and applaud his heartfelt efforts of reconciliation with the LGBTQ+ neighborhood,” in keeping with the assertion from Bob Castellini, the Reds’ chief government officer.
Castellini went on to thank Brennaman for “bringing the joy of Reds baseball to hundreds of thousands of followers” and praised him as “a unbelievable expertise and a superb man who stays a part of the Reds household perpetually.” Brennaman had been with the Cincinnati Reds since 2006. He’s the son of former Cincinnati Reds radio sportscaster Marty Brennaman.
CNN reached out to Brennaman’s spokesperson, who had no extra remark.
