On Monday, Stephen A. Smith went on ESPN’s dreadful morning show “First Take” and made very xenophobic comments about Shohei Ohtani and how the Angels star’s need for an interpreter doesn’t help the game of baseball.
It was a very dumb and offensive take that was rightfully crushed by baseball fans who love watching Ohtani do incredible things on the baseball field.
Smith later Monday offered a few apologies that weren’t great and then started Tuesday’s show with another apology.
The show later had on ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan to talk about Smith’s comments and he perfectly blasted Smith over his awful take on Ohtani:
Good lord. Go off Jeff. All facts https://t.co/KcbdknA0ws
— Josh Joyce (@JoshuaJ410) July 13, 2021
Here was Smith’s apology from Tuesday:
Stephen A. Smith begins FIRST TAKE by apologizing for his remarks about Shohei Ohtani: pic.twitter.com/eDGPWOXWKi
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 13, 2021
Fans rightfully applauded Passan for what he said on the show:
