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While appearing on Fox’s Stars On Mars Paul Pierce recants ESPN firing and ultimately blames it on the alcohol.
When it comes to the best “everything shouldn’t be posted online” stories Paul Pierce is in the top tier of the list. In 2021 he was fired from ESPN after going on Instagram Live during a boy’s night out. Additionally the night out and video featured strippers and shoulder rubs. Not ideally the behavior you see displayed by ESPN and Disney employees. On a recent episode of the Fox celebrity competition show Stars on Mars he opened up about the ordeal.
According to TMZ, his co-contestant Lance Armstrong had never heard about the ESPN incident. Pierce had to give a stunned Armstrong the run down while revealing additional information. He painted the picture of an innocent birthday party where poker was being played with “a lot of alcohol”.
“It was a big whole controversy,” the former Celtics star told Lance. “I mean it wasn’t nothing illegal, but it was just girls … girls shaking their a**.”
This prompted Armstrong to ask how in the world did the video surface to which Paul had to admit he brought the drama on himself.
“I accidentally did, my dumb a**.” To which Lance joking teased Paul “B*tch, how old are you?!”
Pierce continued to try and downplay the situation by asking Tinashe to speak to the clip and back up how harmless it was. While she agreed it was harmless she also understood why he lost his job. Pierce also questioned if he would even be there if it wasn’t for the firing. Guess everything happens for a reason.
You can catch the full episode tonight at 8 PM.
