Katie Nolan’s rise in the sports media industry has been fueled by her willingness to passionately speak her mind about controversial topics.
Nolan, who recently joined ESPN, made an appearance on Viceland’s popular “Desus and Mero” late-night show Wednesday, and called Donald Trump a “f—ing stupid person.” ESPN recently amended its social media guidelines, with a focus on employees avoiding politics.
While discussing whether a thumbs up has become a racist symbol, Desus said it was “because Trump always does this (thumbs up) with his thing,” and Nolan’s first response was actually bleeped out, even though Viceland allows cursing on the show.
“That’s because he’s a [bleep],” Nolan said. “Back it up. Back it up. That’s because he is a f—ing stupid person.”