A former NESN reporter who said she left Boston because of her experiences with racism in the city is being slammed for calling out a speech quarterback Daniel Jones made a day before the Giants released him.

Elle Duncan, who worked as a reporter and host at NESN for two years before she jumped to ESPN in 2016, centered her ‘Taking the Elle’ segment Thursday around Jones’ emotional statement after being benched.

The SportsCenter anchor has said “the whole point” of the segment “is to point fun,” but fans and even a New York Giants executive have responded, saying Duncan took her remarks too far.

Duncan responded to her critics on Saturday, calling them “snowflakes.”

“It started flurrying this morning after a surprising amount of snow on my drive yesterday” Duncan posted on X. “I guess you could say I can’t seem to escape all these snowflakes.”

Jones, taken with the sixth pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, failed to live up to the first-round expectations with the Giants. After lousy performances so far in 2024, the team demoted him to fourth-string quarterback, the lowest possible slot on the depth chart.

Giants ownership honored Jones’ request to be released on Friday, a day after he took to the podium and gave his farewell speech.

“The opportunity to play for the New York Giants was truly a dream come true,” Jones said at the opening.

“There have been some great times, but of course, we all wish there had been more of those,” he added later. “I take full responsibility for my part in not bringing more wins. No one wanted to win more games worse than me and I gave everything I had on the field and in my preparation.”

Jones’ comments didn’t sit well with Duncan who hours later told SportsCenter viewers that she moved the show’s ‘Taking the Elle’ segment, “normally reserved” for Fridays, to Thursday evening.

“Giants quarterback Daniel Jones just did something so inexplicable that we made an exception,” Duncan said. “After being benched this week, Jones took to the podium to say goodbye to the franchise and fans but with, like, seven games left in the season.”

“I’m sorry, you have to write this down? Didn’t you go to Duke?” she continued.

Duncan finished the segment, saying: “Do you guys think he had this saved in his notes since, like, 2020? In all seriousness, DJ, I could have saved you like 90 seconds. A re-write: ‘Sorry you paid me $180 million for one playoff win. And I look forward to reviving my career as Brock Purdy’s backup.’ The end.”

Pat Hanlon, senior vice president of communications for the Giants, quickly called Duncan out.

“That an #ESPN personality would mock Daniel Jones’ statement today is mind boggling,” he posted on X. “Given what has happened at that company over past few years, tone deaf.”

Fans agreed with Hanlon, slamming Duncan for her “absolutely classless take.”

Duncan defended herself on ESPN’s First Take Friday.

“You want to call me disrespectful to Daniel Jones?” she said. “Am I more disrespectful than all of those same fans that are in my mentions right now who booed him mercilessly for the last six seasons? I stand by everything that I said.”

In June 2020, amid the fallout of George Floyd’s death, Duncan shared her experiences of working at NESN and how she dealt with racism in Boston.

“I always dreamed of hosting a sports show,” Duncan posted on social media. “And did that @NESN in BOS. And then chose unemployment over staying there because of the hate and racism we faced living in that city. The network was a safe haven and I met lifelong friends there— but it ended outside of that building,” she posted.

Her comments came after MLB outfielder Torii Hunter remarked that he once heard “4 or 5 kids chanting the n-word in the outfield” at Fenway Park. The Red Sox supported Hunter, saying his “experience” was real.

A former NESN co-worker confirmed to the Herald, at the time, that Duncan turned down an offer to stay at the channel before landing her ESPN gig and dealt with racially motivated criticism during her time there. “It was a rough two years for her,” the source said. “We all saw it.”