Abigail Velez, who is now a reporter and fill-in anchor for ABC7 KABC Los Angeles and just left CBS Austin KEYE in October 2025, is apologizing for a live report in which she tried "to have a little fun with World Cup competition."
Now the newly hired Southern California TV journalist is going viral from the pages of the New York Times to the New York Post.
Watch her report where Velez says she could not point out where Team USA's next FIFA opponent, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was located on a map.
My goodness, the stereotypes write themselves……🤷♂️ #FIFAWorldCup 🇧🇦🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UGj3uudcYL
— Bosnian Football (@BosniaNTBall) June 27, 2026
The KABC reporter later issued an apology "to the people of Bosnia," which some on social media and the media trade outlet FTVLive said should not have happened.
Velez is married to former NBC 5 DFW KXAS reporter Keenan Willard, who now works for KNBC 4 NBC Los Angeles.
— Abigail Velez (@abc7abigail) June 27, 2026
