Radio Host Loses Gig After Calling Chloe Kim 'Little Hot Piece Of Ass'

Patrick Connor acknowledged his comments on the Barstool Sports show were "lame and gross." Yeah.

Radio personality Patrick Connor is out of a job after he called Winter Olympics gold medalist Chloe Kim a “little hot piece of ass.”

Connor made the comment on Barstool Radio’s Sirius XM channel, but it was another of his employers, San Francisco radio station KNBR, that fired him Wednesday, news outlets reported. Connor hosted “The Shower Hour” at that station.

KNBR program director Jeremiah Crowe confirmed the parting to the San Jose Mercury News without elaborating.

Connor reportedly remained employed by Barstool.

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Chloe Kim celebrated her victory in the women's halfpipe.
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dallas Braden, host of the new Sirius XM “Dialed-In” show on which Connor made his crass remarks Tuesday, said Barstool understands the “severity and the seriousness of the comments made ... and that’s not who we are,” according to USA Today.

Connor apologized on Twitter, calling his words “lame and gross.”

While the world celebrated 17-year-old Kim’s spectacular victory in the women’s halfpipe, Connor said in audio captured by Deadspin: “She’s fine as hell! If she was 18, you wouldn’t be ashamed to say that she’s a little hot piece of ass. And she is. She is adorable. I’m a huge Chloe Kim fan.”

In discussing Kim, Connor previously referenced a Matthew McConaughey line from “Dazed and Confused”: “That’s what I love about these high school girls. I get older, they stay the same age.”

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Highlights from 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
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Dancers perform "The Land of Peace" segment. (credit:Ronald Martinez via Getty Images)
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A spectacular light display. (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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A makeup artist applies glitter to a performer backstage. (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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A tiger on stilts. (credit:Matthias Hangst via Getty Images)
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Olympic athletes from Russia's (OAR) parade during the opening ceremony. Banned from participating as representatives of Russia due to a doping scandal, they were required to wear neutral uniforms with no country designation. (credit:KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV via Getty Images)
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Flag bearer Erin Hamlin of the United States leads her team. (credit:Sean M. Haffey via Getty Images)
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Fireworks. (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
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Flag bearer Pita Taufatofua of Tonga and teammates enter the stadium. (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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The Jamaican bobsled team made a grand entrance, dancing as they went. (credit:Ronald Martinez via Getty Images)
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More fireworks. (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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The North Korea and South Korea Olympic teams enter together under the Korean Unification Flag. A historic moment. (credit:Matthias Hangst via Getty Images)
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Another performance. (credit:JONATHAN NACKSTRAND via Getty Images)
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Snowboarder Shaun White and freestyle skiier Gus Kenworthy of Team USA. (credit:Al Bello via Getty Images)
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More dancers. (credit:MARTIN BUREAU via Getty Images)
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Light installations. (credit:FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT via Getty Images)
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The Olympic torch burns. (credit:Mike Egerton - PA Images via Getty Images)