Comments on: Sage Steele Gets The Boot From ESPN https://www.okwassup.com/sage-steele-gets-the-boot-from-espn/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Mon, 11 Oct 2021 03:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/sage-steele-gets-the-boot-from-espn/#comment-14970 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:35:03 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=26479#comment-14970 In reply to Truthiz1.

Re: “And yes, she should probably lose her job!”

I had come back and amend my comment. I think it was a bit too harsh.

But she certainly should be suspended for longer than a week.

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/sage-steele-gets-the-boot-from-espn/#comment-14969 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:45:27 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=26479#comment-14969 And ummm – mayhaps someone should tell Sage……

Yes, she’s “biracial” but she DOESN’T LOOK biracial.

She looks like a light brown skin Black woman.

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/sage-steele-gets-the-boot-from-espn/#comment-14968 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:50:59 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=26479#comment-14968 DJ, thank you for posting about this!

I cannot believe I missed commenting on this earlier this morning BEFORE my day got so incredibly busy (sigh)!

When I saw this story 2 days ago I darn near fell out my chair. This silly woman has said some Clownish isht in the past but this time she truly outdid herself!

There’s stuck-on-stupid. And there’s “Next level” stupid. Suffice it say she’s reached “Next-level” Stupid. The chick’s got “issues” and really needs to get some professional “help” to address them.

And yes, she should probably lose her job!

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By: Mr.BD https://www.okwassup.com/sage-steele-gets-the-boot-from-espn/#comment-14967 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:14:57 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=26479#comment-14967 What in the actual h-e-double-l was this lady thinking? Come to think of it she was not thinking at all. She got that Indiana in her I know a lot about plus she think she’s white. I am so glad Black twitter took her down. They need to keep her behind off the air.

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By: Wil https://www.okwassup.com/sage-steele-gets-the-boot-from-espn/#comment-14966 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:35:20 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=26479#comment-14966 AP:

ESPN has removed “SportsCenter” anchor Sage Steele from the air for a week after she made incendiary remarks about the vaccine and former President Barack Obama, according to reports.

The longtime sports network personality also contracted COVID-19, sources told the business journal Front Office Sports. “But her not appearing on air goes beyond her diagnosis,” the business journal wrote. “Both ESPN and Steele thought it was appropriate for her to take some time off.”

Steele has also been removed as moderator of the “espnW: Women + Sports Summit” event in mid-October, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

“At ESPN, we embrace different points of view — dialogue and discussion makes this place great,” ESPN said in a statement published by The Hill. “That said, we expect that those points of view be expressed respectfully, in a manner consistent with our values, and in line with our internal policies.”

ESPN did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Steele also issued a mea culpa through the sports network: “I know my recent comments created controversy for the company, and I apologize.”

In a controversial podcast with former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler last week, Steele called the vaccine mandate of ESPN and parent company Disney “sick” and “scary” but said she got inoculated that day to keep her job. She also criticized Obama for apparently marking that he was Black on the census. “I think that’s fascinating considering his Black dad was nowhere to be found, but his white mom and grandma raised him, but hey, you do you. I’m going to do me,” she said.

Steele, who said she wanted to indicate that she was biracial on the census, added: “Listen, I’m pretty sure my white mom was there when I was born. And my white family loves me as much as my Black family.”

She also suggested that female journalists invite harassment by dressing provocatively.

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