Chris Broussard: “I am officially announcing that I am indeed leaving The Odd Couple after six years together. My last day is next Friday, September 13th. It’s a tough announcement to make. Were there rumors that we [Rob Parker] got beef?? We got tension?? I shared this with Rob and the executives at Fox Sports Radio and iHeartRadio in January when I finished my contract with FS1, and told them that after this contract for the radio show was over I would not be continuing, so Rob has known this for months. We were able to keep it quiet for this long – that’s a testament to us.
Basically, I’m just leaving to focus on television. I’m one of the co-hosts along with Nick Wright and Kevin Wildes on First Things First on FS1. I’ve been doing that and The Odd Couple for the past two or three years. It’s a long grind. It’s not undoable, of course, but it’s a long grind and I’ve basically been working from 10am to 10pm Monday through Friday. It’s a complete lifestyle move. My daughters are adults now, they’re out of the house, my wife and I are empty-nesters, and we just wanna have more time to hang out together and have fun. I also run a national Christian men’s organization called ‘The King Movement’. I will have more time to work on that and build that, and some other individual things that I want to do with my time. I hope that occasionally I will be a guest on The Odd Couple, and whenever you guys need me I can pop on and share my opinion with you.
Rob, we’ve been friends 32 years and that is not changing. We will still be in touch with one another in talking, and when he comes to New York hanging out, or when I’m in LA. There were no issues whatsoever with Rob and me. For anybody that’s thinking that or putting that out there, you can put that to rest.
We think were the first two African-American men to have a nationally syndicated radio show. That’s an achievement.
I appreciate Fox Sports Radio and iHeart allowing me to just be me. I’m a person that takes my faith very seriously – it's in the freaking open of our show. I respect iHeart for doing that. A lot of places wouldn’t do that."
Watch Chris Broussard of Fox Sports Radio’s The Odd Couple declare his impending exodus from Fox Sports Radio, as Broussard officially announced that he will be leaving The Odd Couple with Rob Parker for good on Friday, September 13.
Broussard says it’s been a ‘grind’ balancing a TV career on FS1’s First Things First in the afternoon and a radio show in the evening, and says he’d rather just focus on one show and to be able to spend more time with his family.
Check out the segment above as Broussard thanks fans of the show and gives shout outs to all the people at Fox Sports Radio and iHeart that have believed in him and supported him over the years.
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