FanDuel TV host Michelle Beadle appeared to accidentally use a racial slur in the middle of a live broadcast during Thursday’s edition of “Run It Back” with former NBA players Lou Williams and Chandler Parsons.
In the “You Buyin That” segment, Beadle shifted topics from the Nets’ Ben Simmons to the Nuggets and a recent comment from Michael Porter Jr.
She appeared to use the N-word when referring to Denver’s team name — turning toward Williams and Parsons after they both reacted and saying, “Don’t try to get me on that.”
Then, after Beadle attempted to continue the segment and asked Williams for his thoughts on this possibly being Denver’s last chance to win with their current core, Williams responded, “I’m buying. I’m buying. Beadle, you gonna be in trouble today.”
Warning: offensive language
“That’s not fair,” Beadle said. “It’s not even a thing. It’s not even a word.”
In a post to her Instagram Story on Saturday, Beadle addressed the moment, writing, “The moment you say ‘Nuggets’ incorrectly on television and your entire career flashes… while your cohosts die. Broadcasting students: slow down. And enunciate.”
FanDuel, when contacted by The Post, called the incident a “gaffe,” and referred to Beadle’s Instagram story.
After Williams restarted his answer to the question about this being the Nuggets’ last run with their core, Beadle said that “I don’t like hearing that, though,” Parson seemingly started to say, “We didn’t like hearing …” before Beadle replied with “shut up” — prompting the trio to start laughing.
“I’m sweating,” Parsons, who spent nine years in the NBA, said.
“You coming in the club, I got you,” Williams, a 17-year NBA veteran who retired after the 2021-22 campaign, said. “Ain’t nobody gonna say nothing.”
“Now I’m sweating,” Beadle said before Williams started his answer again and the segment continued.
Beadle, who worked for ESPN from 2009-12 and again from 2014-19, hosted a variety of shows from “SportsNation” to “SportsCenter” while with the network before her exit in 2019, and FanDuel announced in 2022 that she’d host “Run It Back” alongside Shams Charania — now at ESPN —- and Parsons.
Williams joined the show ahead of its second season in October 2023.
The Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel reported earlier this year that Beadle and FS1 were also in serious talks to join the network before those fizzled out.
