Overview
- Prime Video suspended narrator Rômulo Mendonça and commentator Ricardo Bulgarelli on Friday after comments they made on the Jararacas podcast mocking reporter Alana Ambrósio drew wide criticism.
- The platform said it will conduct a full internal investigation and described the remarks as inappropriate, adding that it does not tolerate disrespect toward transmission team members.
- For Game 5 of the NBA Finals Marcelo Gomes was reported to assume narration while Alana Ambrósio remains part of Prime Video’s on-site coverage.
- The remarks targeted a hotel-room social video posted by Ambrósio and were reported to have followed frustration from the duo about not being sent to the United States for Finals duties.
- The suspensions have been described as for an indeterminate period, the two have not issued public statements, and the episode raises questions about how independent podcast comments can affect corporate broadcasting teams and staffing for live sports coverage.