Sage Steele rips ESPN’s ‘hypocrisy’ regarding allowance of political opinions during interview with Megyn Kelly

Sage Steele Rips ESPN’s ‘Hypocrisy’ About Allowing Political Opinions During An Interview With Megyn Kelly

  • The longtime host spent 16 years with ESPN and announced the split this week
  • Steele was visibly moved as she discussed her departure from the Bristol company
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Sage Steele has spoken emotionally about the internal turmoil she went through while working at the four-letter network after expressing her views that went against her ethos.

Steele announced on Wednesday that she had settled her case with Disney/ESPN and was moving on after 16 years with the Bristol conglomerate.

The former Sports Center host sued the network in April 2022 after alleging ESPN violated her First Amendment and free speech rights in Connecticut by suspending her over comments about former President Barack Obama and the COVID-19 vaccine.

Steele refused to take the jab and has consistently taken positions that vehemently oppose those of a largely vocal, hyper-liberal staff, including Malika Andrews, Elle Duncan and Sarah Spain, among others.

In her first public interview since acquiring her professional freedom, Steele was visibly emotional as she discussed the Four Letter Network and her experience with Megyn Kelly on SiriusXM.

Megyn Kelly was joined by Stage Steele for an emotional first interview after leaving ESPN

Sage Steele freed himself from the Bristol conglomerate on Wednesday after 16 years

STEELE’S COMMENTS FOR 2021

While being interviewed on former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s podcast, ESPN’s Sage Steele made several controversial statements that she says led to her being suspended from the network.

  • Steele on ESPN’s COVID-19 mandate: ‘Well, I got my chance today… I just didn’t want to do it. But I work for a company that makes it mandatory, and I have until September 30 to get it done, or I quit… I respect everyone’s decision. Really and truly. But to oblige it is sick. It’s one thing with masks, and I have no problem with that. It’s something else if you force this.’
  • Steele, who is of mixed race, about Barack Obama identifying as African AmericanI find that fascinating, since his black father was nowhere to be seen, but his white mother and grandmother raised him. But hey, you do you, I’m going to do me.’
  • Steele on sexism of female employees who dress provocatively: “When you dress like that, I’m not saying you deserve the rude comments, but you also know what you’re doing when you put on that outfit. We also have to be responsible as women. We know what we’re doing when we put on certain things.’

Steele was known for being critical of former President Barack Obama and the COVID-19 vaccine

“All I ever wanted was consistency,” Steele said Friday. Steele criticized ESPN for allowing the likes of Andrews, Duncan and Spain to voice their perspectives both on air and online, but instead took Steele off the air for comment on Uncut with Jay Cutler.

“I should be able to express my opinions about my experiences in person in my personal time, without telling others what to do or how they should feel about being biracial or being forced to take a vaccine,” she said. ‘And I think that’s what breaks my heart; is that there were different rules for me than for everyone else.’

The ban was enacted in October 2021 following Steele’s interview on Jay Cutler’s podcast, in which she dismissed COVID-19 vaccine mandates as “sick,” criticized women for dressing provocatively, and objected to Obama’s claims that he identifies as African-American. American. .

She was forced to apologize before reappearing on the air.

“I didn’t mean to apologize,” Steele told Kelly. “I fought and I fought and I begged and I screamed. And I was told if I want to keep my job I have to apologize. And I need my job, and I love my job, Megyn. I loved it. I loved it! Every moment.

“I knew there was a line somewhere. I just didn’t know what it was until it was crossed.” And then it came, that moment for Steele was her removal from ABC’s coverage of the Rose Parade.

“That’s it,” she said. “I knew I had mentally checked out and was heartbroken again by the hypocrisy of the rules. Either a rule rules for everyone or no one but you can pick and choose and especially if it’s just one person it’s just me.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Front Office Sports previously reported that Steele was offered $501,000 by the network to have her lawsuit dropped.

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