ESPN host Stephen A. Smith slammed fellow sports commentator Jason Whitlock as a “fat bastard” this Tuesday.
The stunning attack came four days after Whitlock penned a column for TheBlaze in which he insinuated that Smith is a fraud who only earned his high position in the sports industry by touting the talking points of the rich and powerful.
“Stephen A. Smith is the Kevin Hart of the sports media,” he wrote. “Smith is a plant. Disney and ESPN installed Smith at the top of sports media because his inadequacies as a journalist make him easy to control.”
“When you don’t earn a position, your loyalties go to the handlers who installed you. It’s why Harvard chose Claudine Gay, why Joe Biden chose Ketanji Brown-Jackson and Kamala Harris, and why the music industry celebrates rap and the talentless hacks willing to rhyme the N-word every 10 seconds and brag about the color and flexibility of their booty and other privates,” he added.
My written take on The Stephen A. Myth. https://t.co/uucr2pseMI
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) January 6, 2024
Whitlock continued by accusing Smith’s 2023 memoir, “Straight Shooter,” of being “farcical.”
“Smith’s story doesn’t add up,” he wrote before going on to detail 15 alleged lies contained in the book. “Smith’s memoir raises far more questions than answers about how he became the top personality in sports media.”
Now fast-forward to Tuesday, when Smith first responded to Whitlock during an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take.”
“There are people out there lying and actually putting out there that I didn’t write my book,” he initially said. “I can assure you, so help my God, I wrote my book. It’s my memoir. It’s my life story.”
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Stephen A. Smith responds to allegations that he didn’t actually write his book.
“I can assure you so help me God, I wrote my book. It’s my memoir. It’s my life story.” pic.twitter.com/J2xQb7jryV
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 9, 2024
But Smith wasn’t done.
“I want to remind the world that this is Stephen A., baby — I’m not running from anybody,” he continued. “And if somebody is going to misquote me, usually I’m going to make an effort to set the record straight. Now there are some people … that deserve to be ignored.”
“There are people in the media — fat bastards, to be specific — who are completely irrelevant and are starving for attention because all they have left is clicks because their credibility has been shredded everywhere else. And those people are left to be dealt with another day,” he added.
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Stephen A. Smith with the gut shot to the “Fat Bastard” aka Jason Whitlock on #FirstTake pic.twitter.com/lkDWcB18Ko
— I Plead the GIF (@lilwaltjr305) January 9, 2024
Later Wednesday evening on his own eponymous podcast, “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” he came at Whitlock once more for nearly a full hour.
“Jason Whitlock — I said that name,” he began. “It’s not a name I’ve uttered. I normally don’t do that, but it’s necessary to do now. I’ve had enough of that fat bastard, that piece of shit.”
“And I wanna make sure that before I go to break, I want anyone out there who watches me, anyone out there who knows me, anyone out there — no matter what you think of me — I want you to remember I never talk about him. I never talk about my colleagues. I don’t do that. This is a first, but it’s necessary.”
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Before starting his hour-long rant, he added that he’d called his pastor and his bosses at ESPN before making the decision to dedicate an episode of his show to his beef with Whitlock.
“I literally called my pastor and asked for his forgiveness and understanding in advance because he’s not gonna recognize the person he’s about to hear,” he explained. “I did the same when I emailed the bosses at ESPN.”
“This is my podcast. I own and operate this. I do want I want on this podcast; but it doesn’t mean that I still don’t harbor a responsibility to at least give my daytime employers a heads-up as to what I’m about to do. It’s time for me to address this. I’m only gonna do it once because this bastard is worth less than a damn cockroach. He wanted my attention. He’s got it,” he added.
Listen to the full hour-long show below:
Whitlock responded to the rant with a short, snippy tweet.
“I knew Stephen A was limited. I didn’t know he was this limited. I’m starting to feel sorry for him. I beat up a baby seal,” he tweeted late Wednesday evening.
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I knew Stephen A was limited. I didn’t know he was this limited. I’m starting to feel sorry for him. I beat up a baby seal.
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) January 11, 2024
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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