Joy Taylor rallies around family in the Bahamas and posts sultry vacation pictures after shock Fox Sports exit

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5 days ago

Joy Taylor looked to be completely unfazed by her shock departure from Fox Sports as she posed for more vacation photos on Tuesday.
Taylor, whose exit from the network was announced on Monday, took several racy snaps from the family trip to the Exuma Islands in the Bahamas.
The former sports host, who was embroiled in a bombshell sex lawsuit a few months ago, posed on a swing wearing just a blue bikini in one of the photos.
In another, she seemed to be enjoying a boat day with her sister-in-law, Monica. She is married to Taylor's brother, Jason, the former NFL player.
Then a bikini-clad Taylor left little to the imagination in a third snap as she stood in the crystal clear ocean.
It was revealed on Monday afternoon that the 38-year-old had been ousted from the network as part of a brutal overhaul, which saw three shows axed.
Later that day Taylor shared a video on Instagram of herself in a tight-fitting blue workout set performing a series of exercises.
Taylor could be seen jumping rope and carrying out arm workouts with a resistance band on an outdoor deck overlooking clear blue sea.
At one point in the clip, Taylor was even captured doing a number of weighted hip thrusts with a dumbbell as a bikini-clad friend lounged on a day bed behind her.
'Couple sets before the beach,' she wrote in the caption, along side a flexed bicep emoji.
Taylor shied away from any mention of her exit from Fox Sports as news of the network's brutal moves ran rampant online.
As well as FS1 show 'Speak', which Taylor co-hosts, Fox is also cancelling two of its morning programs, as per The Athletic.
All three shows are said to have struggled to find a huge audience, meaning they have now been brought to a close.
Taylor, who co-hosted sports talk show Speak with ex-NFL star Keyshawn Johnson and NBA icon Paul Pierce, leaves Fox just months after she was accused of using sexual relationships with colleagues to further her career in a bombshell lawsuit filed by an ex-employee.
The 38-year-old was also alleged to have told make-up artist Noushin Faraji to 'get over it' when she confided in her about claims she was sexually assaulted by top programming executive Charlie Dixon. Taylor denied the allegation.
After nearly a decade with Fox, Taylor's contract was up this year and the network has reportedly decided not to renew it.
FS1 is also said to be cancelling morning shows 'Breakfast Ball' and 'The Facility'.
Colin Cowherd's 'The Herd' and 'First Things First' with Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes will continue as usual, with FS1 likely to produce new shows to replace the three that have been cancelled.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Joy Taylor's attorneys for comment.
Two weeks ago Taylor finally spoke out about the lawsuit that embroiled several Fox Sports stars in scandal, claiming the allegations left her battling 'dark times', 'grief' and 'trauma'.
'I won't say that there were not dark times, but I'm very blessed to have an amazing family and amazing friends and mentors and an amazing team,' she told ' The Breakfast Club '.
'People that know me and have known me for my whole life reminding me of who I am and what I deserve.'
Taylor continued: 'I have felt a lot of different emotions - I think it's a grief process when anything like that happens,' she told The Breakfast Club.
'I'll say, I've been through a lot of traumatic things in my life. A lot. And I think any time you go through a trauma or a grieving period of something, you can't decide who you are when it's happening.
'And that's been the biggest thing for me. It's this or that. I'm working on it, but it's this or that. And I know years from now I'll look back, and I will feel differently than how I feel right now.
'I'm trying to be patient with myself in that way, because it's a lot to adjust to. It's a new reality. And I'm trying to choose myself and be gentle with myself in that sense.'
Despite the furor, she continued to present 'Speak' and 'Two Personal', her podcast which includes graphic admissions about her sex life .
Taylor explained why decided not to hide from the scrutiny, telling The Breakfast Club: 'It was intentional to show up as I did'
She explained: 'When you know yourself, it's easier to continue to show up as you are. And there's always going to be things that happen in life, that happen in this business, that happen when you're a front-facing person.
'And when you get into the business, that is the risk we take. Of putting ourselves in front of the camera, of putting yourself out there. That things, at some point, might not be the best for you. I mean, what's meant for me is still coming.'