Elliotte Friedman finally breaks his silence on Jeff Marek's firing

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Axel Williams
September 6, 2024 (4:23 PM)

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By now, everyone knows that Jeff Marek of Sportsnet was fired by the company under some truly dubious circumstances that fans remain confused by.

This past week, it was revealed that Kyle Bukauskas would replace Marek on Elliotte Friedman's show, 32 Thoughts. Overall, many agreed that this was a pretty good replacement, although people would still rather have Marek on the show.

32 Thoughts returned this morning, and Elliotte Friedman gave his take on the Marek situation. As you will hear, he was quite diplomatic about all of it and wished his former co-host well.

"We were going to do this for 2000 years we were going to outlive everyone.

"My belief has always been, it's Jeff Marek's story to speak about first and that's the way I'm going to leave it. When Jeff talks, some day after that, I will talk. Jeff is a great broadcaster, he brought out the best in me in this podcast and he's a huge reason why it's got to where it is. I will miss his stupid weird ideas, and I will miss working with him," Friedman added. "As great as he is a broadcaster, he's an even better person I believe Jeff will land on his feet. I look forward to seeing what the next chapter in his life is."

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Source: Hockey Feed
Elliotte Friedman addresses Jeff Marek's firing on first episode of 32 Thoughts with new co-host