Paul Pierce supported by ex-ESPN host Michelle Beadle who jokes they should do cooking show and he can book dancers
FORMER NBA star Paul Pierce has been backed by ESPN host Michelle Beadle ater losing his job at the network over an Instagram live stream with twerking strippers.
Beadle showed love to her former ESPN colleague on Instagram joking that they should start a new cooking show and telling him to "book the dancers."
"I want to thank all my supporters, thank all my haters and everything but check it out, bigger and better things coming," he said in the post.
"Don't worry about it. You fall twice, you get up three times. You know, just always remember to smile."
"Bigger and better things on the Way. ," he repeated in the caption.
The married, father-of-three was also shown receiving a neck massage from one of the women as he smoked what appeared to be marijuana.
His name was trending on Twitter on Saturday afternoon as fans called for him to apologize and predicted that he would be disciplined by ESPN.
Later that day, the former ESPN analyst had returned to Twitter to say "good morning" but did not answer questions about the video.
On Monday, he returned to Twitter again, seemingly in high spirts, despite his firing announcement.
Should he have been filmed without his knowledge, he might still have a job, insiders said.
Pierce appeared unfazed by the backlash even as fans asked him about his wife during the lifestream.
"What does his wife think?" one asked.
Pierce has been married to his wife Julie for ten years.