Stephen A. Smith continues to make sure he gets the last word in his recent beef with Lakers superstar LeBron James.
After the ESPN personality was confronted in-game by the 21-time All-Star for comments he made about James’ son Bronny over the weekend, the “First Take” host has seemingly gone on every platform he can find giving his side of the events.
Smith didn’t appear to have much to say when LeBron was standing right in front of him. But with a camera and a microphone, Stephen A. has found much more comfort in lashing out at the four-time NBA champ.
“I thought it was weak.” 😳
– Stephen A. Smith on LeBron confronting him
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And fans are calling him out for it on social media:
“Stephen A Smith is doing a whole podcast tour right now trying to play the victim. You aint fooling nobody bruh. I know a Mega Church Pastor when i see it,” a user said.
“Stephen A Smith going on a press tour tryna garner sympathy cause LeBron bxtched him in front of the whole world,” another laughed. “nah hold that L.”
“So stephen A Smith found his gangsta gene now on Gils Arena couch huh,” a fan pointed out. “dressed like an 80’s Harlem Drug dealer Talking real spicy but face to face I didn’t even see a finger move. Claimed he didn’t wanna talk about but he on a world tour about @KingJames.”
“Why is Stephen A Snitch making a media tour outta the LeBron moment?” another person asked. “Mf, you had your chance to get froggy on First Fake but you punked out, then took it to ya podcast, now you on Gil’s Arena. Is The View tomorrow? Dude act like Will Smith slapped him!”
“Stephen A Smith was weak by attacking Bronny in the first place. Everyone’s problem is with LeBron here, aim the hate at him. He is the one who made the mistakes, not Bronny. @stephenasmith now doing a crybaby tour on the podcasts. Have some respect for yourself and others dude.”
Smith claimed on Gilbert’s podcast that he never planned on talking about the interaction but his bosses at the network made him.
What do you think of the way Stephen A. has handled this over the past few days?
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