ESPN has fired Allison Williams for refusing to abide by the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Williams had announced last month that she would not be getting the vaccine because she and her husband are trying to have their second child, she said in an Instagram video where she addressed her termination.
She was initially barred from working on the sidelines of college football games this season because she refused to comply with the network's vaccine mandate while she and her husband try for their second child.
Williams, who began working at the network in 2011, typically works college football and basketball games, but missed Week 1 of the ongoing football campaign before making an announcement on Thursday.
In an Instagram video on Saturday, Williams said that her 'request for accommodation' had been denied on Friday night, about a month after announcing she would be sitting the season out because she hadn't yet received the vaccination as she and her husband tried for a second child.
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Pictured: In an Instagram video on Saturday, Allison Williams said that her 'request for accommodation' had been denied on Friday night
The news comes about a month after she announced she would be sitting the season out because she hadn't yet received the vaccine as she and her husband tried for a second child
'I tried, unsuccessfully, to keep this brief and not get emotional' Williams captioned the Instagram video where she addressed being let go from the network
Instead, Williams said she will be 'separated from the company' effective next week.
'Belief is a word I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, because in addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this,' Williams said
'And I've had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first.'
'And the irony in all this is that a lot of those same values and principals I hold so dear are what made me a really good employee and probably helped with the success that I’ve been able to have in my career.'
The 37-year-old, who has been with the network since 2011, said she was having trouble coming to terms with the fact that the national championship game she covered in January may now be the last college football game she will work.
The 37-year-old has been with the network since 2011, and typically worked college football and basketball games
Williams maintained that she wouldn't get vaccinated as she and her husband tried for their second child, citing her fertility specialist
Williams, who began at the network in 2011, maintained that she wouldn't get vaccinated as she and her husband tried for their second child, citing her fertility specialist.
'While my work is incredibly
