Good Morning America scored the first interview with former ESPN Production Assistant 22 year old Brooke Hundley to discuss the sex scandal involvoing fromer Mets manager and analyst Steve Philips.
Philips was fired last month because of a 3 week sex scandal that took place between Phillips and the ESPN Production Assistant 22 year old Brooke Hundley which took a turn for the worse when he tried to break ties with the relationship.
“I’ve been called things by the public that no woman should ever be called,” she said. “I couldn’t go a day without getting, you know, 200 messages in my inbox from people that have never met me, just labeling, just calling me names. I’ve been called the ‘C’ word. I’ve been called a whore. I’ve been called a homewrecker.”
“I think people are so quick to make a judgment without ever … I don’t know if they want to know the details,” Hundley said. “It’s almost like, ‘Here’s a great story. Here’s a great chance for me to destroy a person,’ without any sense of really thinking about the fact that there’s a human being behind those words.
Hundley want speople to know she is not a stalker, telling GMA that she didn’t harass or follow anyone around at ESPN.
Both Phillips and Hundley have been fired by ESPN; Phillips checked into sex rehab after he was terminated from ESPN.
Brooke Hundley, the former ESPN production assistant who had an affair with ESPN baseball analyst Steve Philips, wen on Good Morning America today to give her side of the story.
“I had a friend come stay with me because he was concerned … that mentally I would not be able to take much more,” a teary-eyed Hundley told Kate Snow of ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“I’ve been called things by the public that no woman should ever be called,” she said. “I couldn’t go a day without getting, you know, 200 messages in my inbox from people that have never met me, just labeling, just calling me names. I’ve been called the ‘C’ word. I’ve been called a whore. I’ve been called a homewrecker.”
Hundley, 22, said she reached her breaking point when “legitimate” newspapers began running with the story,
“I think people are so quick to make a judgment without ever … I don’t know if they want to know the details,” Hundley said. “It’s almost like, ‘Here’s a great story. Here’s a great chance for me to destroy a person,’ without any sense of really thinking about the fact that there’s a human being behind those words.”
Hundley, who said she was never the one pushing the relationship, hopes Phillips “would grow up and take responsibility for his own actions.”
Marni Phillips, Steve’s wife had filed for divorce back on September 14th and the ESPN network had fired him. “His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparable damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways.” stated Josh Krulewitz, a network spokesman.
Soon after Phillips admitted himself in to a sex rehab clinic, where he was been maintaining a low profile.
The newest form of rehab for Hollywood stars, is sex addiction rehabilitation. Steve Phillips, a former ESPN baseball analyst was caught cheating on his wife and is paying a very high price. He was fired from his position at ESPN and his wife has filed for divorce. The former GM for the Mets, has a lot of work ahead of him, if he hopes to ever repair his reputation.
Phillips broke off the affair with the much younger woman, Brooke Hundley, ultimately making her very mad and vindictive. She began harassing Phillips’s wife in a stalker like manner. The 22 year old Hundley was also an employee of ESPN, and has since been fired as well. She continues to post comments about the situation on her MySpace page.
Phillips has now entered a rehabilitation program to try and help his sex addiction. His addiction has been blamed for his numerous affairs, and has landed him in hot water before. He enrolled in the rehab just one day after getting fired from his job. This is his second attempt at sex addict rehab. His first attempt was over 10 years ago, when he was busted for cheating on his wife. Phillips’s agent describes this latest affair as him falling off the wagon. He is hoping to keep his family together with this latest rehab stint.
Steve Phillips Drama
Steve Phillips was once known as the General Manager for the New York Mets. There was a lot of excitement about him in New York when he was first hired. He was supposed to be the man to push the right buttons and take the team to the next level. Unfortunately, he traded away then leadoff hitter Lance Johnson for reliever Mel Rojas. By doing so, it took the Mets right out of the playoff race. For a long time in New York, that was his legacy. He was not known as an ESPN analyst first. Now everything has changed.
Steve Phillips, like many men with power, money and opportunity, could not resist his sexual desires. The twenty-two-year-old production assistant, Brooke Hundley, proved to be too tempting. Soon after their affair, ESPN fired Steve Phillips. Brooke Hundley was fired shortly thereafter. ESPN claimed that Steve Phillips didn’t represent them well. Steve Phillips reportedly has shown sexually compulsive behavior. It’s not abnormal for a big network to ditch one of their key players if an event in their lives can cause negative media attention.
According to Steve Leftkowitz, a representative for Steve Phillips, Mr. Phillips feels terrible about theses actions as has checked himself into a treatment center. He is most upset about what damage it might have done to his family, as that is his number one priority.
Will Steve Phillips return to baseball, whether it be as a general manager or analyst? Probably not, but crazier things have happened.
ESPN confirms firing of Steve Phillips
ESPN confirmed on Sunday that former New York Mets General Manager and current baseball analyst Steve Phillips has been fired. Phillips had been with ESPN for over a year working in the booth on the networks Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday night baseball coverage as well as working as a contributor on “Baseball Tonight”.
It was discovered last week that Phillips had been carrying on an affair with Brooke Hundley, a 22 year old production assistant for ESPN. Phillips took a leave of absence last Wednesday when the story came to light in the press, and the network decided Sunday not to allow Phillips to continue to working as a baseball analyst. Josh Krulewitz, a spokesman for ESPN, said the network released Phillips because it was determined that his ability to effectively operate as a baseball analyst was “significantly and irreparably damaged”.
Following the announcement that Phillips’ was fire, Hundley took to her MySpace page to say she was still “hopeful.”
Phillips, 46, apparently broke off his affair with Hundley around August 5th at which point Hundley began harassing Phillips’ family. According to police reports filed in Connecticut where Phillips lives, Hundley not only contacted Phillips’ son over the internet, but also called the house to speak with Phillips’ wife. Hundley also sent Phillips’ wife, Marni, a letter containing graphic details about their affair including the location of several of Phillips’ birthmarks.
Steve Phillips is the second ESPN baseball analyst to be fired since 2006. Former “Baseball Tonight” analyst Harold Reynolds was let go for “inappropriate hugging” in an incident involving a female intern. Reynolds has since filed a wrongful termination suit that was recently settled out of court.
ESPN analyst Steve Phillips is in the middle of the latest sex scandal to rock the media.
The former New York Mets General Manager was having an affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley.
When their affair started to go south, Hundley allegedly went off the deep end.
Hundley hand delivered a letter to Phillips’ wife, Miami Phillips. In the letter, Hundley described in intimate details the extent of her relationship with Phillips — going as far as describing various parts of his anatomy.
Upon receiving the letter, Miami quickly called police.
TMZ has obtained Marni Phillips’ 911 call, in which she tells the operator, “I have a crazy woman who is involved with my husband and she’s come to my house to harm me and my children.”
Hundley smashed her car into a stone column while speeding away from the Phillips’ home after leaving the letter, terrifying the family.
She also may have used an ESPN computer to contact and stalk Phillips’ 16-year-old son on Facebook while posing as one of his high-school classmates.
“I have extreme concerns about the health and safety of my kids and myself,” Steve Phillips said in a Wilton, Conn., police statement, adding that Brooke Hundley had become “obsessive and delusional” after he dumped her.
Phillips, 46, said in a statement that he’s “deeply sorry that I have put my family and colleagues through this. It is a personal matter that I will not comment on further.”
Phillips is taking an indefinite leave of absence from ESPN.
ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” analyst Steve Phillips has been suspended for a week, after admitting to having an affair with a 22-year-old production assistant.
Phillips confessed to his wife Marni Phillips and local police that he had a long-term affair with ESPN assistant Brooke Hundley, 22, several times this summer before dumping her.
Brooke has reportedly sent disturbing phone calls and a letter that bragged about her sexual relationship with Phillips to his wife Marni Phillips.
Phillips was forced to involve police in the situation, and the media caught wind of the news shortly thereafter.
“I have extreme concerns about the health and safety of my kids and myself,” Steve Phillips said in a Wilton, Conn., police statement, adding that Brooke Hundley had become “obsessive and delusional” after he dumped her.
According to reports, Hundley contacted Philips’ 16-year-old son on Facebook.
“She said that she had overheard my mom telling someone at my brother’s baseball game that my dad really likes someone at work and is probably going to move out and that if I need to talk to anyone, she would be willing to listen because her parents went through the same thing,” the boy told cops.
“She asked inappropriate questions about my parents, such as: Do they sleep in the same bed? Do you think they will be getting a divorce? Do they fight a lot?” the youth added.
This isn’t the first time the former Met general manager had an affair with another women. in 1998, Phillips took a week-long leave of absence from the team after admitting to having sex with Mets employee Rosa Rodriguez. He returned to the team after settling her lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. The Mets fired him in 2003.
ESPN has declined comment.