It took a day and a half, but what I and others asked to be done has finally been done. Artie Lange who had been a regular on ESPN radio, TV and podcasts has been banned from the network according to TMZ Sports.
Lange sparked outrage across the Internet Wednesday when he tweeted his graphic sexual fantasy about Cari Champion from “First Take” — which involved her being a slave owned by Thomas Jefferson. Lange envisioned himself as Jefferson.
ESPN initially called Lange’s tweets “reprehensible,” but now a spokesperson for the network tells TMZ they’ve flat out banned him. We’re told … “there will be no future bookings” for the comedian.
This needed to be done so any entertainer, musician and comedian understands they need to be very careful how they address people on and offline. You have freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean you have freedom of consequences.