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Stephen A. Smith retaliated with Michelle Obama.
The former First Lady took a hit with Smith’s employer, ESPN, to cut the name of the longtime host and said that network shows were like watching reality TV, namely “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”.
“This is a sociological study. They think that sport is a better reality TV, I say to myself:” It’s the same thing. “If I listen to ESPN for an hour, it’s like watching the” Real Housewives of Atlanta “, you know? Obama said on the” Imo “podcast of his brother Craig.” It’s the same drama, and they cry out, and they don’t get along, you know? I mean, Stephen A. Smith, he’s like all the others ….
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Stephen A. Smith reports from the sidelines in the match 4 of the Western Conference of the NBA 2025 on May 26, 2025, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while Michelle Obama at the Austin conference and festivals at the Austin Convention Center on March 13, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (Getty Images)
“So, that’s why I say to myself:” What is the difference? “It’s just, you know, it’s just a sociological drama,” added Obama. “I mean, the fact that people during the work seasons still cannot get along. They always have the same arguments, you know, and these are not only women. But it also happens in sport. I find it fascinating.”
These comments found their way to Smith himself, and he used them as an opportunity not necessarily to respond, but express his opinion on one of his strategies while campaigning for Kamala Harris last year.
“I think that to date, it is the only thing I have not liked that you have said, I did not appreciate it. Because there are so many things that will decide where your vote will go. For some people, it is the economy. For others, it is national security. For some people, it is immigration. For some people, it is security in the streets of America.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama on the set of her podcast in June. (Channe Youtube Michelle Obama)
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Smith reiterated that he had voted for Harris and “would not vote for Trump”, but “was not excited” how to launch his vote for the former vice-president “in particular after having heard of some of the Manigances that the Democratic Party was engaged in the conduct of the elections.
“But I’m talking to you specifically, Madame First Lady. You are not only loved, you are venerated. You are sensational in many ways. I have been on the file of this program and many others declaring that you presented yourself to the presidency, you would have beaten Trump. I always believe that … I think if your husband has chosen to come back, he would beat Trump. It is my personal belief …”. “Smith continued.
Smith then made Obama comments on ESPN, saying he also disagreed with them.
“So, that has nothing to do with what you are talking about, how sport and reality TV are reflected, even if we beg to postpone. Because many things on reality TV are situations and scenarios to cause reactions and all that. We are in sport, which is live entertainment, and you are actually competing against each other.
“You will never hear me pronounce a negative word on you, but I am respectfully in disagreement and I always remain quite salty about what you said about us,” said Smith, adding that he felt Obama “in a way of blackmail[ed] We emotionally trying to force us to vote in one way or another. “”
Stephen A. Smith at the initial presentation of Disney 2024 was held at North Javits Center on May 14, 2024, in New York. (Kristina Bumphrey / Variety via Getty Images)
Maybe we can get another episode of this apparent Obama-Smith-Smith beef.
