. Unfortunately, his time in the TV booth has come to an abrupt end after Grant was not allowed to go to the 2021 Ironman National and announce on the MAVTV and NBCSN TV broadcast programs. Although he was still invited to announce at the final two rounds of the season at Pala and Hangtown, Grant did not appreciate the reasoning for his suspension from Ironman and he spoke out in a video update via instagram on Friday, August 27th, before the Ironman National explaining the situation. The TV crew believed that Grant had been exposed to Covid-19 and because he had not taken the vaccine, he was not allowed back to the race, even though his covid-19 test results came back negative.