Stephen A. Smith has officially gone scorched earth on Jason Whitlock. And it’s personal.
In the most recent episode of his podcast, The Stephen A. Smith Show, on Wednesday, Stephen A. ethered Whitlock with a takedown that belongs in the media feud Hall of Fame.
Whitlock recently ripped Smith’s new book, Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, referring to the ESPN host as “Stephen A. Myth” and claiming that he was exaggerating certain details of his career.
Smith did not hold back in his response, destroying Whitlock in a nearly 40-minute rant.
3.5 minutes of @stephenasmith going off on Jason Whitlock with the Ether beat in the background is 🔥
H/t @KillaSZNKam pic.twitter.com/b3Zbi641dN
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 11, 2024
“I’m a very forgiving person. Not with him,” Smith said. “I hate this bastard, far more than a little bit. He is the worst human being any of you will ever meet. You get within a mile of his presence, wrap your arms around yourself to protect yourself to protect your soul. … He is a devil. The worst. That’s all I have to say.”
Smith went on to say that no one would show up to Whitlock’s funeral and that he made sure there was a clause in his ESPN contract that he would never have to work with Whitlock in the future.
Stephen A. Smith closes out his hour-long live stream about Jason Whitlock.
"He is the worst human being any of you will ever meet. You get within a mile of his presence, wrap your arms around yourself to protect your soul."pic.twitter.com/gqdh4iFiwo
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“I mean it from my soul when I say this is the worst human being I’ve ever known,” Smith said. “I don’t know of another human being worse than Jason Whitlock. He is a piece of s–t. He’s the dude that’s going to have a funeral and ain’t going to be no pallbearers.
“While you were on Blaze TV spewing that bullsh*t to people, did you tell them that? Did you tell them how you stood outside of First Take begging me to talk to you?” Smith said. “Did you tell them that once this same article in Deadspin came out, weeks later you wrote a lengthy apology to me in an e-mail begging me to forgive you? Pointing out how you were betrayed by this particular writer so you know how I must feel that you betrayed me? Did you tell the folks that? You b*tch. Did you tell them? You fat piece of sh*t.”
Whitlock taking L’s is a very common occurrence, but this may be one of the biggest he’s ever taken.
Exposing himself for looking at porn when complaining about ESPN ads is one thing — after all, we are likely all guilty of that one — but being buried by a rant like Stephen A.’s and having other media personalities backing up Smith is at another level.
I did. Stephen A Smith told the truth. Ole Boy tried to recruit a bunch of us to do some work for what was then the Undefeated and we did not want to work with him. https://t.co/dsNOObShpd
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 11, 2024
Hold that L, Whitlock.
