ripping the New York Knicks at the NBA Draft and being our nation’s unabashed meme king. In recent months, the fast-talking sports pundit has been a regular presence on the political TV circuit, from Fox News’ Sean Hannity to Real Time with Bill Maher.Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!While Smith obviously loves attention–the First Take host is a ubiquitous presence on ESPN and works pretty much every day from the start of the NFL season in September through the end of the NBA playoffs in June–there seems to be a method behind his recent publicity blitz. “Given how politics works now, I think it is not not interesting that Stephen A now goes on Hannity multiple times a month to debate politics for reasons that are unclear…,” observed media critic Maxwell Tani.Ever since November’s election, Democrats have been desperately searching for their “own Joe Rogan.” Well…What if he was right there all along, excoriating all-time NBA flop Kwame Brown?pic.twitter.com/05sZ8l9v5fAs pro sports leagues join other major corporations in their cultural capitulation to the current White House occupant, Smith is going the other way.
He hosts a daily podcast and YouTube show where he sounds off on the biggest political issues of the day, using the platform to inject himself into every major debate.
On Wednesday, that included Tr*mp’s executive order banning transgender women from competing in sports. Smith issued an impassioned defense of LGBTQ+ people, in which he showed skittish Democratic politicians everywhere how to fight for their values.“It hits me, because—and I’ve often said this—I’ve said this to Black folks.
I’ve said this to folks whether you’re homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, transgender, I don’t care! You know what I’ve said oftentimes?