Joy Taylor slammed for complaining about gender bias in resurfaced clip amid bombshell sex lawsuit at Fox
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Resurfaced footage of Joy Taylor has gone viral, showing the embattled FS1 host detailing the obstacles she's faced in a male-dominated industry. 'You have to constantly reaffirm that you are good enough, that you belong there, and then always prove it,' Taylor said in a year-old clip from the 'I Am Athlete' podcast. 'You got to do twice the work for half the opportunity.'.
![[FS1 host Joy Taylor used sexual relationships with ex-NFL star co-host Emmanuel Acho (left) and network executive Charlie Dixon (right) to further her career, according to Faraji's lawsuit]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93784711-14255901-Emmanuel_Acho-a-21_1736184411376.jpg)
The clip was shared by The Bill Simmons podcast account on X, where it quickly went viral following a bombshell hostile workplace lawsuit against Taylor, Fox, former FS1 host Skip Bayless and current network executive Charlie Dixon. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Los Angeles on behalf of hair stylist Noushin Faraji, who claims to have been sexually harassed by both Simmons and Dixon.
![[Hair stylist Noushin Faraji (pictured) has accused Fox Sports of creating a hostile workplace]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93785731-14255901-Hair_stylist_Noushin_Faraji_pictured_has_accused_Fox_Sports_of_c-a-23_1736184414925.jpg)
Taylor is accused of leveraging sexual relationships with ex-NFL star co-host Emmanuel Acho and Dixon to further her career, while discouraging Faraji against filing sexual-harassment complaints against men at Fox. Furthermore, Taylor allegedly schemed to protect her own job at the network by fabricating a sexual misconduct allegation against Dixon, a Fox Sports executive vice president in charge of talent.
![[Some defended Taylor online, while others accused her of hypocrisy for her past statements]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93794887-14255901-image-a-26_1736184653402.jpg)
It's a dramatically different portrait of Taylor than the one she exuded in March of 2023 when speaking with ex-NFL stars LeSean McCoy and Brandon Marshall on the 'I Am Athlete' podcast: 'To me, the mentality I've always had on it is that's going to make me better, so that's why I'm excellent. Because I had to be. I couldn't be average. I couldn't be OK. I couldn't be late. I couldn't complain. I couldn't say 'no.' Now I do. (Laughs)'.
![[Joy Taylor (left) is seen sitting alongside Emmanuel Acho prior to an FS1 broadcast]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93784681-14255901-Joy_Taylor_left_is_seen_sitting_alongside_Emmanuel_Acho_prior_to-a-20_1736184405093.jpg)
