Fired Detroit Anchor Sues Fox Station After Meltdown, Claims Sex Discrimination After Calling Her Boss A Bitch And Dropping The F Bomb During Recordings

A longtime Fox 2 Detroit anchor who was caught on tape calling her boss a “b*tch” and telling her to “grow up” is now demanding money and claiming she was the real victim of sex discrimination.

Taryn Asher, the former evening news face of WJBK-TV, was pulled off the air in November 2025 and ultimately shown the door after what the station describes as repeated unprofessional outbursts. One of those incidents, according to court filings and the station’s account, involved an argument over a public service announcement that was recorded. Asher allegedly launched into a tirade, labeling her superior a “b*tch” and dropping the F-bomb for good measure.

Her response? File a federal lawsuit accusing the station of sex discrimination and retaliation. Asher claims male colleagues accused of misconduct got softer treatment, that her co-anchor Roop Raj received preferential assignments, and that the new general manager favored men. In short: the woman who lost her cool on tape now says the real problem was her gender.

Fox Television Stations and WJBK have pushed back hard in court. In their August filing, they make clear Asher was terminated for “unprofessional workplace behavior” and “outbursts,” not because she complained about unequal treatment. They acknowledge she raised concerns about her co-anchor but deny any retaliation. The station continued paying her for a period after removing her from air, underscoring that this was a performance and conduct issue, not a sudden purge.

Asher’s lawsuit paints a picture of a newsroom that supposedly protected men while disciplining her. Yet the tape exists. The language is crude. And in any private-sector workplace that still values basic professionalism, calling your boss a “b*tch” on a recording is usually a career-limiting move, male or female.

The optics are pure irony. A television journalist whose job is to project composure and credibility is now asking a federal court to treat her workplace meltdown as evidence of systemic bias. Fox 2’s position is straightforward: standards apply to everyone. Outbursts have consequences. Playing the discrimination card after the fact doesn’t erase the audio.

Asher wants lost wages, emotional distress damages, punitive awards, and freedom from her non-compete so she can jump to a rival station. The case is ongoing in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Whether a jury will buy the narrative that a recorded tirade was somehow secondary to gender politics remains to be seen.

In the meantime, the message from the station is clear: if you drop “btch” and “what the fck” on your boss during a work dispute, don’t be surprised when the network decides it no longer needs your services, lawsuit or no lawsuit.