Former ESPN host Michelle Beadle has not been a fan of current ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith, and after news involving Smith and her radio show was released Tuesday, it is safe to say there will not be any reconciliation anytime soon.
Smith announced Tuesday that he would be hosting two shows on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio channel, a sports talk station that features former WFAN personality Chris “Mad Dog” Russo on the satellite radio company. One of Smith’s shows will air in the early afternoon beginning at 1 p.m., replacing Beadle’s show starting Sept. 2.
Speaking to Front Office Sports reporter Michael McCarthy, Beadle did not hold back her thoughts about what she thinks of Smith’s work.
“I don’t respect him,” Beadle told McCarthy. “I don’t respect his work. He doesn’t like me. This goes back to the Ray Rice stuff. He made some really piggish comments on the air. I responded; he got suspended for like two weeks. I think that was sort of the beginning of the end for anything. I just don’t respect him. I think he gets things wrong all the time. I’m not talking about opinions; those can never be wrong. But factually, when you spread yourself so thin, it’s hard to be right. Not a fan.”
Beadle also was not happy with how she learned that she would be replaced.
“The Hollywood Reporter comes out — and there’s his face,” Beadle said. “I was like, I should have known. That was just kind of gross. I don’t care that we’re being replaced or what have you. It happens all the time. But a little respect would have been nice. Good Lord. I was totally blindsided. Just really embarrassed, to be honest.”
Beadle said her contract with the company ends in August but expects that it will be bought out before then.
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