Jemele Hill discusses ‘conservative culture’ at ESPN, ‘SportsCenter’ experience

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On the latest episode of "Hey Mayne," a podcast hosted by former "SportsCenter" anchor Kenny Mayne, Jemele Hill joined the podcast to discuss her time at ESPN.

Hill, who was an anchor on "SportsCenter" with Michael Smith from February 2017 to January 2018, left the company in October 2018. 

Jemele Hill speaks at the 2019 ESSENCE Festival presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center July 5, 2019, in New Orleans.  (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

In 2017, Hill tweeted that former President Trump was a "white supremacist," prompting ESPN to release a statement saying Hill’s comments did not "represent the position of ESPN."

Shortly after, Hill was suspended by the network for violating its social media guidelines for a second time. 

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In this screen grab, Jemele Hill speaks at the featured session "Impacts of Activism" during SXSW Online March 16, 2021. (SXSW/Getty Images)

Hill told Mayne that before the Trump tweet, she was already having creative issues with management. 

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"I wasn’t a good fit for the ‘SportsCenter’ culture," Hill said on the podcast. "Definitely not a good fit for the management that was overseeing ‘SportsCenter’ at the time. And I got tired. I got really tired of fighting every day to be myself."

Hill also disputed the suggestion ESPN has a liberal culture. 

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"It’s a conservative culture at ESPN, and so this idea that ESPN is being run by flower children is just a lie," Hill said on the