Stephen A. Smith isn’t letting the comments made by Monica McNutt go.
The ESPN personality addressed the barbs the two traded on “First Take” on Monday on his podcast later that night.
During a lengthy segment discussing the dustup between Caitlin Clark and Chennedy Carter, Smith tried to boast about how “First Take” has extensively covered the WNBA and women’s sports, but McNutt fired back with a comment that cut Smith deep.
“Stephen A., respectfully, with your platform, you could have been doing this three years ago if you wanted to,” McNutt responded.
The comment stuck with Smith to the point that he spent the early part of his podcast trying to push back on McNutt’s comment while on multiple occasions expressing his admiration for his fellow ESPN colleague.
Smith addressed the disagreement with McNutt after a lengthy rant about Clark’s impact on the WNBA, saying that her comments on the ESPN debate show “absolutely shocked” him.
“To address Monica McNutt’s point, I found it very unfortunate that she would say that,” Smith started off saying after seemingly expressing annoyance that Molly Qerim interrupted the heated moment to get the program to break.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I am the executive producer of First Take. You ever heard of Monica McNutt? You have now. Because she’s on First Take a lot. Chiney Ogwumike, absolutely wonderful, spectacular basketball analyst. … ask her how it’s been to be on First Take. How about Andraya Carter? Who’s a rising star in this business. How much do you think First Take helped that? What about Kimberley Martin? What about Molly Qerim herself?”
Smith continued his response by taking aim at the people that he has “taken a lot of s–t” from before calling what he felt McNutt had said about him that was “highly offensive” and “factually incorrect.”
Stephen A. Smith addresses some of the “First Take” comments by Monica McNutt during his podcast on Monday.
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