Former ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann didn’t hold back when he called Sage Steele the “dumbest person I’ve ever worked with”. The verbal smackdown left jaws dropping and social media buzzing. Olbermann’s sharp words cut through the airwaves, leaving Steele reeling from the unexpected verbal assault. The clash between these two media personalities has sparked intense debate and divided opinions among fans and colleagues alike.
Keith Olbermann stirred controversy when he openly criticized Sage Steele, labeling her as the “dumbest person” he had ever worked with. These scathing remarks come on the heels of Sage saying her interview with President Joe Biden was scripted.
Former ESPN host Sage Steele made social media go crazy this week when she revealed that the network instructed her to follow a “script” when conducting a pre-taped interview with President Biden back in 2021.
“That was an interesting experience in its own right because it was so structured,” Steele said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. “And I was told, ‘You will say every word that we write out, you will not deviate from the script and go.’”
Steele’s interview with the President in March 2021 was focused on sports making a transition back to being normal during the COVID-19 pandemic and the hesitation by some athletes to receive the vaccine as it was first being rolled out at the time.
Steel told Fox News that the interview was essentially “scripted” by ESPN executives.
“To the word. Every single question was scripted, gone over dozens of times by many executives … editors and executives,” she said. “It was very much, ‘This is what you will ask. This is how you will say it. No follow-ups, no follow-ups. Next.’”
“I knew this was a lot bigger than just the wonderful editors I worked with,” she continued. “This went up to the fourth floor, as we said, where all the bosses, the top executives, the decision makers are, the president of our company, the CEO, where they all worked.”
Former ESPN broadcaster Keith Olbermann would soon take to X and take a major swipe at Steele while responding to a headline from Awful Announcing. In the midst of his rant, he also called Steele the ‘dumbest person he’s ever worked with in sports and news.’
“Of COURSE it was scripted. If it hadn’t have been @sagesteele – the dumbest person I’ve ever worked with in sports or news – couldn’t have gotten through it,” Olbermann wrote.
Olbermann then pointed to one part of Sage Steel’s admission in which she stated “every single question was scripted, gone over dozens of times by many editors and executives.”
“I mean Jesus, if this happened to you, you’d just assume it WASN’T being done to protect the network from you humiliating it – and yourself?” Olbermann wrote.
From fiery remarks to legal battles, this feud has taken center stage in the sports broadcasting arena. Remember that in the world of media personalities, drama is often just one headline away.
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