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Stephen A Smith distances himself from Jimmy Kimmel after Trump’s victory
ESPN’s Stephen A Smith commented on the recent contentious speech by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who wept on stage Wednesday night due to Trump’s election victory. Kimmel stated that the election outcomes would be detrimental for those who opposed Trump, as well as for those who supported him “but they just don’t know it yet.”
Stephen A Smith, sharing the same corporate umbrella as Kimmel under The Walt Disney Corporation, made clear that Kimmel’s response does not represent his views.
Stephen A Smith Said
“That would not have been me,” Smith said when asked about it during an appearance on “The Will Cain Show” on Thursday. “It would not been a postmortem, it certainly would not have been me crying. I’m not crying over the fact that Donald Trump is the president.”
Stephen A Smith proceeded to highlight a clear difference between his own response to the announcement and Kimmel’s. Smith commended Trump’s earlier management of the economy in his initial term, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Smith Statement
“The American people have spoken. You can say what you want, but this country has said we went too far left. Enough’s enough. We got to stop this nonsense. It’s about our pocketbooks, and it’s about safety. Period. And if you don’t like it, get over it,” Smith said. “The bottom line is the economy was doing well before COVID.”
Smith even proposed that the extent of Trump’s triumph and the gap by which he succeeded is beneficial for the nation. Trump secured the popular vote and at least five out of the seven critical swing states, as counting continues in Arizona and Nevada.
“But in the end, it is always good when the American people stand up they’re as unified as they came across this past election… That’s the American people speaking ‘We don’t like what we have, we want this.’ And when you have that you have to listen,” Smith said. “He didn’t win, he annihilated her. I mean this was a romp.”
Smith mentioned that if he were in Kimmel’s shoes, he would have just aimed to amuse the audience, as a late-night talk show host typically should.
“So for me, I would have tried, because obviously it’s late night, I would have tried to be a bit funny and humorous with it and let everybody know it’s not gloom and doom. We’ve dealt with a lot in our society and we are going to deal with a lot more in years to come long after Donald Trump is gone, no matter what you think.”
Smith previously criticized Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama for “alienating” voters before Tuesday’s election while delivering a monologue on “The Stephen A. Smith Show.”
Smith maintains that he did not cast his vote for Trump.
In the meantime, Kimmel is among the rare mainstream entertainment personalities who has expressed panic following Trump’s decisive win. He joins female hip-hop performer Cardi-B, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, singer Billie Eilish, and Whoopi Goldberg.
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