Second ESPN host suspended after admitting he hit his girlfriend in Ray Rice domestic violence discussion just days after another tells women not to 'provoke' men

Max Kellerman has been suspended from his ESPN positions

He told listeners on ESPN-LA radio that he once hit his now-wife when they were in college

The admission came during a discussion of Ray Rice's domestic abuse of his wife

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith has also been suspended for comments he made while discussing the same case

A boxing commentator and radio host has been suspended from his job with ESPN-LA Radio following a conversation he had on-air.



Max Kellerman was on the Mason and Ireland show which leads into his afternoon drive program when the subject of Ray Rice's domestic abuse of his wife arose.



Kellerman admitted on-air that he hit his girlfriend many years ago.



On-air admission: Max Kellerman told listeners that he once hit his girlfriend during a discussion of Ray Rice

The New York Daily News reports that ESPN suspended Kellerman following the 'inappropriate' comment.



ESPN issued a statement Friday afternoon neither confirming nor denying that Kellerman had been suspended.

'Max Kellerman will return to ESPN-LA Radio and SportsNation on Thursday,' it read.



The startling admission occurred as Kellerman related a story about his then-girlfriend, now wife Erin Kellerman.



Married father: Kellerman with his family on a shopping trip

Suspended: The ESPN boxing commentator and radio host has reportedly been suspended for the comments

Sensitive issue: Stephen A. Smith was roundly criticized by Max Kellerman's (right) SportsNation co-host Michelle Beadle (center) for his comments about domestic abuse

According the the Daily News, he said that the pair were at a college party and both had too much to drink.



The situation escalated and his girlfriend hit him. He hit her back, he said, but the incident was a one-off and they have been happily married for 20 years.



While Kellerman's admission of having hit a woman was upsetting, the reason for his suspension is for discussing Ray Rice's domestic abuse, which is extremely controversial after Stephen A. Smith's recent debacle.



'Egregious error': The subject of Ray Rice's (left) domestic abuse has also gotten ESPN's Stephen A. Smith suspended

Kellerman's suspension comes three days after Smith was suspended for comments he made while discussing the same case.



Smith condemned domestic violence but advised women not to 'provoke' men to it.



'Let's make sure we don’t do anything to provoke wrong actions,' he said, presumably to his female viewers.



'...I think that just talking about what guys shouldn’t do, we got to also make sure that you can do your part to do whatever you can do to make, to try to make sure it doesn’t happen.'