I cry sentimentally at movies, but I never cry personally. I spent it mostly by myself in New York City. That’s the day, of course, that there is no turning back it’s done, it’s gone, it’s public,” he told Miller. And he called the 48 hours before his public resignation “an agonizing weekend.” Skipper told Miller he has undergone treatment for his substance use and therapy “to think about how it intersected with my life.” He said the thought never occurred to him to publicly address the extortion attempt and enter a substance treatment program to save his job, because it all happened so quickly. I judge that I did a very good job and that it did not get in the way of my work. My use over the past two decades has, in fact, been quite infrequent. I never allowed it to interfere with my work, other than a missed plane and a few canceled morning appointments. “At ESPN I did not use at work, nor with anyone at work, or with anyone I did business with. “Never,” he added, also denying any other workplace improprieties. Skipper said his drug use was born from a desire “to be countercultural,” having worked at Rolling Stone for the first 10 years of his career, and “that recreational drugs were recreational, that they weren’t dangerous.” He repeatedly said his occasional cocaine use did not impact his work at ESPN. “I foreclosed that possibility by disclosing the details to my family, and then when I discussed it with Bob, he and I agreed that I had placed the company in an untenable position and as a result, I should resign.”
JOHN SKIPPER ESPN PROFESSIONAL
“ They threatened me, and I understood immediately that threat put me and my family at risk, and this exposure would put my professional life at risk as well,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.
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