Nowadays, certain sports broadcasters resemble more influencers and celebrities than they do sports journalists of old. Joy Taylor is no exception. The host of “The Two Personal Show” has 810K followers on Instagram and 150K on TikTok.
It’s no surprise that sometimes her content looks more like that of an influencer than the content of a sports journalist. On Wednesday, she shared a picture through her Instagram story of her time off at Las Vegas’ Caesar Palace, where she was enjoying a day by the pool in a blue bikini.
The former moderator of “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” and news anchor of “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1 left the network earlier this year. She had been co-hosting “Speak” on FS1 since September 2022, but was released by the channel in July 2025. The show also featured NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson and former NBA star Paul Pierce.
Why Was Joy Taylor Released by Fox Sports?
Taylor’s show, “Speak”, was one of three shows to be canceled at Fox Sports 1 in 2025. The network also ended “The Facility” and the “Breakfast Ball” due to low ratings. However, other factors seem to be at play in Taylor’s case.
Taylor was named in a sexual battery lawsuit by a makeup artist at the channel against executive Charlie Dixon. Dixon was the executive behind the three canceled shows, and he was removed from the network in April. According to the lawsuit, Noushin Faraji, the woman who filed suit, told Taylor during the host’s birthday party in 2017 that she had been groped. To this, Taylor replied that she should “get over it”.
Faraji also said in court that Taylor repeatedly mocked her for her accent, and for a humming she uses as a coping mechanism for diagnosed PTSD. The former Fox Sports host has denied any wrongdoing, and her spokesperson said the following to The Athletic in February:
“The claims set forth against Ms. Taylor are devoid of merit and appear to have been strategically framed to create unwarranted publicity rather than to seek legitimate redress,” the spokeswoman said.
“Ms. Taylor denies each and every allegation against her as set forth in Plaintiff’s Complaint to the extent they allege any wrongdoing, liability, or entitlement to relief,” she added.
Skip Bayless was also named in the lawsuit, with Faraji accusing the sports commentator of offering her $1.5 million to have sex with him.
