This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/athlete-lifestyle as Molly Qerim hints next job still a mystery after 'First Take' departure. Molly Qerim left First Take and ESPN exactly a month ago today. Fans want to know what the sports media star is up to next.

Molly Qerim had been serving as a host on the ESPN show for a decade, though she had been working at the network since 2005. She announced her decision to quit on Instagram last month, noting that the news leaked out "earlier than I intended.”

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo believes Molly Qerim left ESPN before her contract expired at the end of this year because she didn’t want to finish the year as a “lame duck”

Molly Qerim abruptly left First Take and ESPN after nearly 20 years, with insider telling the real reason behind her exit.

Last month, former “First Take” host Molly Qerim announced her surprise exit from ESPN. Speaking on the SI Podcast this week, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo suggested that Qerim likely left the network because executives were planning to remove her from the show.