Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann is facing criticism after insulted the intelligence former ESPN host Sage Steele.
In a post on X Wednesday, Olbermann shared an article about Steele stating her 2021 interview with President Joe Biden was highly scripted.
“Of COURSE it was scripted,” he wrote, adding, “If it hadn’t have been [Steele] – the dumbest person I’ve ever worked with in sports or news – couldn’t have gotten through it.”
“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?” he added.
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?🤦🏼♂️ pic.twitter.com/1v206ZEDu9
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) April 3, 2024
Check out some of the reactions below:
Man, that sounds awfully racist, Keith. https://t.co/YmYlMNCKbE
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 4, 2024
Honestly, each time this fool comes into my feed I think it’s a parody. There’s no way he tweets his nonsense with a straight face. 🤦♀️ https://t.co/3NbNjQiUnL
— Paula Scanlan (@PaulaYScanlan) April 4, 2024
So Keith is a racist and a misogynist. Got it👌🏽 https://t.co/7hez3jj8X3
— Scarlett Johnson (@scarlett4kids) April 4, 2024
Sage has the balls that @KeithOlbermann lacks. This picture will be the bane of his existence 😭😂 https://t.co/3IVkPq6ZWV pic.twitter.com/jnoYJUkzb0
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 4, 2024
And yet somehow she's not the one working the lunch rush and rolling silverware in her downtime. https://t.co/Wmddd6ll1E
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 4, 2024
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Steele revealed how carefully crafted the interview was.
“That was an interesting experience in its own right because it was so structured,” she said.
She added, “And I was told, ‘You will say every word that we write out, you will not deviate from the script and go.’”
Steele went on:
“To the word. Every single question was scripted, gone over dozens of times by many editors and executives. Absolutely. I was on script and was told not to deviate.”
She added, “It was very much ‘This is what you will ask. This is how you will say it. No follow-ups, no follow-ups. Next.’ … 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.”
Steele, who launched her own podcast “The Sage Steele Show” last week, told Fox News Digital she found the moment “heartbreaking” as “people who love Joe Biden and say they truly care about him have allowed it to get to this point.”
