( CNN ) -- `` Opie & Anthony '' has been cut in half . Anthony Cumia , the `` Anthony '' portion of the shock-jock radio team , was fired by employer Sirius XM after Cumia made a series of racially charged tweets Wednesday night . `` SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the 'Opie & Anthony ' channel , '' Patrick Reilly , the satellite radio broadcaster 's media relations manager , said in a statement . `` The decision was made , and Cumia informed , late Thursday , July 3 , after careful consideration of his racially-charged and hate-filled remarks on social media . Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM , and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents . '' According to Cumia , on Wednesday night he was taking pictures in Times Square when an African-American woman objected to being photographed . Cumia claims he was assaulted by the woman . He let loose with a series of tweets , many with profane and inflammatory language . One called the woman an `` animal pig face worthless meat sack '' and worse . He did not report the alleged assault to the police . When asked why by one person on Twitter , he responded , `` Because I can take some punches w/out wasting the cops time . '' Cumia appeared to be caught by surprise by the firing . `` Sirius decided to cave and fire me . Welcome to bizarro world . Fired for s**t that was n't even on the air & was n't illegal . So , who 's next ? '' he tweeted Friday morning . It 's not the first time the duo has been in trouble . In 2003 , a stunt called `` Sex for Sam , '' which involved people having sex in public places in exchange for prizes , got the pair canceled from New York 's WNEW . '90s R & B star faces murder charges in wife 's death . Entertainer Rolf Harris sentenced for abusing girls . No rehab for Shia LaBeouf , just addiction treatment . CNN 's Elizabeth Landers contributed to this story .
`` Opie & Anthony 's '' Anthony Cumia made racially charged tweets . Cumia took photo of African-American woman , claimed he was assaulted . `` Behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents , '' says rep .