Radio Host Clay Travis Stuns CNN With Comment

Syndicated Radio host Clay Travis shocked CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin on Friday by declaring on live television that he believes “in only two things completely: the First Amendment and boobs.”

But the network really shouldn't have been surprised by Travis's crass remark. He has used the line before, according to The Washington Post.

Travis, who also writes for Outkick the Coverage, appeared on Baldwin's afternoon show to talk about ESPN's handling of “SportsCenter” anchor Jemele Hill, who called President Trump a white supremacist earlier in the week. Travis's position is that Hill ought to be able to say whatever she pleases but that ESPN has acted hypocritically by keeping her on the air, after disciplining other personalities for making politically charged comments.

Travis has participated in similar discussions on other networks, having boosted his profile last month by being first to report that ESPN had reassigned a play-by-play announcer named Robert Lee who was originally scheduled to call a college football game in Charlottesville.



A CNN spokeswoman said Travis would not be invited back on the network's air.

When Baldwin appeared stunned and disgusted by Travis's quip on Friday, he replied, “I say it live on the radio all the time.”

There have been media reports indicating Travis is a Fox Sports Radio personality.  Fox issued the following statement:

According to The Hill, CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin penned an op-ed Friday night blasting Travis for saying he believed in “the First Amendment and boobs” during an on-air CNN segment earlier in the day.

“[W]hen I first heard 'boobs' from a grown man on national television (in 2017!!!) my initial thought bubble was: ‘Did I hear that correctly?? There's no WAY he just came on my show and said what I think he said. ... DID HE?’” Baldwin wrote in the piece published by CNN.

Baldwin detailed how she first thought Travis said “booze,” but when she asked him to clarify and he confirmed “boobs,” she decided to have the CNN control room cut off his mic.

“It is 2017, and this grown man is on my show talking with me -- a female host -- about boobs. Is this seriously happening?" Baldwin wrote. “I invite a variety people on my show with wide-ranging opinions -- sometimes even my jaw hits the floor, too -- but I let them speak.”