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People are really angry at ESPN’s Rachel Nichols over her comments about Maria Taylor in a leaked recording, unfortunately a lot of them directed their angry at the wrong person on Twitter.
Over the weekend the NY Times released a leaked recording in which Nichols could be heard calling Taylor a “diversity” hire when she was awarded the hosting job at NBA Countdown during the 2020 finals.
Rachel Nichols: “If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else.” pic.twitter.com/aB5MifujuX
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 4, 2021
Angry Twitter users proceeded to direct their anger at RachelNichols1 on Twitter, who happens to be the actress Rachel Nichols and not ESPN’s Rachel Nichols whose handle is Rachel__Nichols.
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412089343791886337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412089343791886337%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412093347343179787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412093347343179787%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412103876732276737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412103876732276737%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412101389698801673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412101389698801673%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412098918918221827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412098918918221827%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412093618945359875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412093618945359875%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412088716835778563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412088716835778563%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F
https://twitter.com/RachelNichols1/status/1412088716835778563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412088716835778563%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2F2021%2F07%2F05%2Fsocial-media-accidentally-blasted-actress-rachel-nichols-instead-of-espns-rachel-nichols-tweets%2F