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Susannah Collins Fired After 'Tremendous Amount Of Sex' Gaffe

Reporter Fired After 'Tremendous Amount Of Sex' Gaffe

On Tuesday, Susannah Collins fumbled while on live television.

The Comcast SportsNet (CSN) Chicago reporter was filming her on-air segment on the Chicago Blackhawks when she said the team was having "a tremendous amount of sex."

She meant “success.”

Collins realized what she had said a mere second later and corrected herself, but on Thursday the network fired her, The Chicago Tribune reports.

The video of her slip-up went viral, even making it to the “Tonight Show”, and now stands at 1.4 million views. It was uploaded on April 30.

But Collins’ firing wasn’t related to the on-air gaffe, at least that’s what CSN Chicago’s vice-president and general manager says.

Collins’ firing may be related to a YouTube series, called Sports Nutz, she co-hosted between 2009-10, according to the Tribune.

The 16-episode series mixed raunchy and lowbrow humour with what could be loosely described as sports journalism — episode 12 involves Collins and her co-host Sam, tucked in bed, reading excerpts from sports writer Jeff Pearlman’s book, “Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty.”

Collins was hired by CSN Chicago in September 2012, after “Sports Nutz” came to a finish.

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