Ryan Clark again accuses ESPN of leaking his firing to OutKick: Here’s the real story

Ryan Clark once again accused ESPN of leaking the news of his firing to OutKick to embarrass him.

This time, he said so during an appearance on the influential Black radio show "The Breakfast Club." "Everybody that got laid off got told on Tuesday.

Only one person got told on Monday on set.

Me.

That’s the distinction," Clark told the hosts Tuesday.

"It was also purposeful.

It was also meant, in my opinion, to humiliate.

In leaking it to OutKick, you now know if anybody is going to curry favor for you in this decision, it’s going to be them because it’s me." ESPN informed Clark of his firing during a commercial break of the July 22 edition of "NFL Live." He did not return to the program.

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DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! He continued, "There’s so many reputable sports publications.

Whether it’s you know Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, The Athletic.

If this is going to be as big a news as it turned out to be, why not give it to them? Because you knew who you were giving it to.

You knew the small amount of people within that building that knew it.

Then the humiliation that you at least purposed it to come along with me being laid off." "I do feel like it was about that humiliation, and he wanted to save me from that.