It looks like Stephen A. Smith just wrote a check his mouth couldn’t cash. What started as a typical workday quickly turned into an unexpected exchange when Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, walked onto the ESPN set to confront Smith about his recent comments about Williams — all while the cameras were rolling. And now, social media is chatting all about it. Here’s what went down.
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We all remember Serena Williams’ Super Bowl halftime cameo with Kendrick Lamar, where she did the “Crip Walk.” Social media had a field day, claiming the iconic tennis player was trolling her ex-boyfriend, Drake. Well, Smith wasn’t amused by her appearance and decided to share his thoughts during a previously taped segment.
“If I’m married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass,” Smith said. ‘Cause clearly you don’t belong with me. What you worried about him for and you’re with me? Bye. Bye.”
Well, the comment didn’t sit too well with Serena’s husband. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, decided to pay him a visit at ESPN’s “First Take” studio. While filming a Thursday morning segment, Ohanian entered the studio ready to put Smith in his place – viewers immediately noticed the energy shift from the boisterous host.
Before cutting to commercial break, Ohanian seized the moment to address Smith’s remarks in a subtle yet direct way:
“Also, too, Stephen A. Smith, I think you had some marriage advice for me. Is that right?” Ohanian asked.
“Listen, I didn’t –” Smith began, stuttering over his words. “Headlines are headlines, and we can get into another time.”
Ohanian was hoping for a live discussion, but Smith quickly backpedaled, saying, “Oh, I am not qualified. Marital advice? Oh no, not me.”
Ohanian wasn’t done pressing the issue.
“You hadn’t been married before, right?” he added. “Because I give advice to plenty of founders who want to build billion-dollar companies. And the reason I do that is because I build billion-dollar companies. So, I generally try to stay in my lane in the advice department.”
Don’t you just love a good, classy gathering? We do – and social media seems to think so, too.
“Damn, cooked him,’ one X user wrote under the viral clip.
“Bro had that one in the chamber for months and months,” another user wrote.
And this last one really had us in tears:
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