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- Full Name Kelly Stewart
- Nickname Kelly
- Occupation Sports Journalist
- Nationality American
- Birthplace Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Birth Date Nov 26, 1983
- Age 41 Years, 0 Months
Kelly Stewart | Biography
Briefly Worked For The ESPNThe channel terminated her employment contract on June 2021 because of her previously-deleted 2012 tweets. Reportedly, she used several homophobic and anti-gay statements in her Twitter post. ESPN had hired her for its sports-related TV shows, including The Daily Wager's podcast. She was set to start appearing on ESPN from July 2021.
Kelly Stewart is a famous American sports bookie and sports journalist. Sports lovers and sports gambling fans mainly recognize her as Kelly in Vegas.
Who is Kelly Stewart?
Kelly Stewart is a female sports gambler, sideline reporter, and former betting analyst. She is primarily associated with major American sports leagues like NFL (National Football League) and NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association).
Stewart began her broadcasting career in May 2016. She initially started as an intern for Midco Sports Network. The channel later promoted her to full-time employment. While there, Stewart covered the live broadcasts, including the pre and post-game shows of Division I basketball games.
Additionally, she served as a sideline reporter of Missouri Valley Football Conference games. In 2017, she became the host of Midco Sports Tonight. The one-hour show covered all sports news, from high school games to Division I games played in the South Dakota region. Then in 2018, she hosted the betting show Wager Talks. She posted an image of her first day hosting the show on her Instagram handle on 21 June 2018.
Stewart became associated with several other sports agencies in the following years, including CSE Talent in 2019, Bleacher Report, ESPN, etc. She joined ESPN as a betting analyst in May 2021. However, she only got to work for the channel for one month.
The channel terminated her employment contract on June 2021 because of her previously-deleted 2012 tweets. Reportedly, she used several homophobic and anti-gay statements in her Twitter post. ESPN had hired her for its sports-related TV shows, including The Daily Wager's podcast. She was set to start appearing on ESPN from July 2021.
Early Age
In Manhattan, Kansas, USA, Kelly Stewart, also known as Kelly in Vegas, was born on 26 November 1983. She is an alumna of the University of South Dakota. In 2014, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Journalism and later in 2016 completed her Master's in Communication.
Kelly After Getting Fired
After getting fired from ESPN, Stewart took to her Twitter account @Kelly and apologized for her past mistakes. She also put forward her view regarding her termination from ESPN. She wrote,
I wish ESPN had been willing to stand behind me, particularly because I’d already been suspended for these Tweets by another company several years ago, but I cannot control their decision. I can only say I’m sorry for the person I was and some of the mistakes I made in my youth.
After about a month of her dismissal from ESPN, Barstool Sports hired Steward to their media company in July 2021. She talked about her recruitment with reviewjournal.com on 26 July 2021. She said,
I’ve made a career out of being the villain and somehow Barstool Sports still wanted to give me a job. So here I am. And if we’re being honest, I’m not sure why I wasn’t here years ago.
Husband
As of 2021, Stewart is not married; however, she is committed to her boyfriend, Brett Siedlecki. The pair together operate their sports betting proxy service by the name Kelly In Vegas Proxy. They started dating back in 2015. On 14 July 2017, the couple celebrated their two years of togetherness.
