Monica McNutt mystified how Taylor Swift hot mic moment got leaked during NBA Finals

Monica McNutt is still “mystified” by her wild, viral hot mic Taylor Swift moment and how that got put out into the world during Game 4 of the NBA Finals.During a recent episode of “The Pivot” podcast hosted by former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor, the ESPN basketball analyst gave her take on the incident in which she was heard taking a shot at the mega popstar while on the Knicks radiocast.

“Epitome of a hot mic situation.We weren’t even up yet.

I’m still mystified and would love someone to explain how that got to the masses.But, we’ll leave that there,” McNutt said.

Upon spying Swift in the courtside seats of Madison Square Garden, McNutt was caught saying “She’s not a Knicks fan.Get out of here, girl.”By the time Game 4 ended with the game and franchise-defining OG Anunoby tip-in, McNutt had no idea she had gone viral and was receiving a ton of heat from Swift fans on social media.

She explained a member of PR said to her “You know you’re doing viral?”“Dude I don’t care, did you just see that?” she responded.“I don’t care.”On the podcast, McNutt defended what she said about Swift and said it was a “throwaway comment.”“You gotta be able to read a little colloquialism because ‘Girl get out of here’ isn’t literally ‘Get out of here,’ she said.

“But I had just seen you at a Knicks game with your man in no Knicks gear, and all the celebrity Knicks fans I am familiar with, blue and orange down baby it ain’t no question.So, literally it’s a throwaway comment RC, that like please, congratulations you have built an empire, you have an incredible fan base like I do not care.”“Again, people that have never had our jobs, you don’t know how a hot mic works, and if you don’t speak with any of the flavor that I speak with, you probably took that comment to heart and it wasn’t even that deep,” she added.

“And that’s on you, not me.”Swift’s Knicks fandom was put into...