Interest in the conversation was renewed after Union appeared on the Spotify podcast Jemele Hill Is Unbothered and the sports journalist asked her about Crews and his controversial comments amidst the Black Lives Matter movement.
“People hit me [up] all day long and are like, ‘What’s happening,'” Union says in response to Hill’s question about what’s going on with Terry Crews. “And the only thing I know for sure is that Terry Crews gets three checks from NBC. So, I don’t know if being worried about job stability — which, listen, we all know that if you speak up about racism and white supremacy, you absolutely can be shown the door. We are both very clear on that. So, I don’t know if that’s the motivation.”
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She continued, “People were like, ‘Well, you weren’t the only Black person on America’s Got Talent, and I was like, ‘No, I was on there with Terry Crews.’ Based on his recent actions, do you really think Terry Crews was an ally, was helpful, was a sounding board? I think Terry Crews is showing us who he is and what he does during times of adversity, and it’s not solidarity.”