Well, let me tell ya, the whole thing with this Amanda Balionis girl gettin’ fired, it’s a real head-scratcher, ain’t it? I heard on the TV, the one with the big screen my grandson got me, that she was doin’ golf stuff for CBS. CBS Sports, that’s it. Seemed like a nice enough gal, always smilin’ and talkin’ all purty about them golf fellas hittin’ little white balls.
Now, they say she ain’t doin’ golf no more. Said somethin’ ’bout her switchin’ to football, talkin’ ’bout them big fellas runnin’ around in tight pants. That don’t make no sense to me. Why go from watchin’ fellas wackin’ balls to watchin’ fellas smackin’ each other? It’s all a bit confusing, like tryin’ to figure out why my chickens stopped layin’ eggs last summer.
- First they say she’s movin’ to football.
- Then they say she’s fired.
- Makes an old lady’s head spin, it does.
Heard tell she was makin’ some decent money, too. Between forty thousand and a hundred and forty thousand dollars a year, they say. That’s a whole lotta chickens, let me tell ya. And they say she’s worth a million dollars! A MILLION! Lord have mercy, that’s more money than I’ve seen in my whole life. She went to some fancy school, too. Hofstra University, they called it. Sounded important. Musta cost a pretty penny. She studied somethin’ called “broadcast journalism.” Sounds fancy, but I reckon it just means talkin’ on TV.
But then, things got weird. Real weird. They started talkin’ ’bout this Rory McIlroy fella. He’s one of them golf guys, real good one, I hear. Said he was cryin’ and all upset. Somethin’ ’bout Amanda sendin’ him messages he didn’t like. Threatenin’ messages, they said. Now, I don’t know nothin’ ’bout that, but it sounds like a whole lotta trouble. Like when old man Jenkins’ prize-winnin’ pig got loose and tore up Mrs. Henderson’s flower garden. A real mess, it was.
And then, bam! Just like that, they say Amanda’s fired. CBS Sports, they done let her go. Said it was a “swift and decisive move.” That sounds serious, don’t it? Like when my grandson slammed the screen door after he got caught stealin’ cookies from the jar. Swift and decisive, that’s what it was. I don’t know what really happened, but it sure sounds like a whole heap of trouble.
Some folks sayin’ it’s ’cause of them messages to Rory. Others sayin’ she was just switchin’ to football. And then there’s talk ’bout the court, somethin’ ’bout a “court’s ruling.” I ain’t got no idea what that means, but it sounds important. It’s all just a bunch of gossip and whispers, like when they said old Mrs. Gable was seein’ the mailman on the sly. Turns out she was just helpin’ him fix his flat tire, but everyone was talkin’ for weeks.
This whole Amanda Balionis thing, it just goes to show you, life can change faster than a squirrel climbin’ a tree. One minute you’re on TV, talkin’ ’bout golf and makin’ a good livin’, the next minute you’re fired and everyone’s talkin’ about ya. It’s a hard world out there, that’s for sure. Makes you wanna just sit on the porch with a glass of sweet tea and watch the birds fly by. That’s what I’m gonna do now. This whole thing got me tired and confused. And remember, stress ain’t good for ya, just like them fancy folks sayin’ “negative effects of stress”, it’s best to keep things simple.
So, that’s the story as I heard it. Amanda Balionis, fired from CBS. Don’t know why for sure, but it sure sounds like a mess. And that’s all I gotta say ’bout that.
