Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian confronted ESPN host Stephen A. Smith on live television over previous comments Smith made about his marriage to tennis star Serena Williams. <\/p>\n
The exchange occurred during Ohanian\u2019s appearance on the Thursday episode of Smith\u2019s show, \u201cFirst Take.\u201d<\/a> Ohanian, who was in the studio while Smith appeared virtually, initiated the awkward conversation, Parade<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n \u201cStephen A. Smith, I think you had some marriage advice for me. Is that right?\u201d Ohanian asked.<\/p>\n Smith appeared flustered and attempted to deflect, responding, \u201clisten, headlines are headlines. We can get into it another time.\u201d Smith later added, \u201cOh, no, I am not qualified. Marital advice? Oh no, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n Ohanian pointed out that he wished Smith was there for a face-to-face conversation and questioned his qualifications to give marital advice. <\/p>\n \u201cI was gonna ask \u2018cause you hadn\u2019t been married before, right?\u201d Ohanian said. \u201cYeah, \u2018cause I give advice to plenty of founders who want to build billion-dollar companies, and the reason I do that is because I build billion-dollar companies, so I generally try to stay in my lane in the advice department.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith did not respond, and host MJ Acosta-Ruiz intervened to end the conversation.<\/p>\n The confrontation stemmed from remarks Smith made<\/a> on \u201cFirst Take\u201d in February following Williams\u2019 cameo during Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Super Bowl halftime performance. <\/p>\n At the time, Smith criticized Williams for dancing to Lamar\u2019s diss track \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d which was aimed at the rapper Drake, whom Williams was linked to in 2011.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I\u2019m married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass. \u2018Cause clearly you don\u2019t belong with me,\u201d Smith said on the February show. \u201cWhat you worried about him for and you\u2019re with me? Bye. Bye.\u201d<\/p>\n Williams addressed the controversy in an April interview with Time<\/a>, stating her performance had nothing to do with Drake. <\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she said, adding she would \u201cnever do that.\u201d Williams said it was \u201csad that anyone would ever think that\u201d and that she has \u201cnever had negative feelings towards him.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was written with the assistance of AI.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian confronted ESPN host Stephen A. Smith on live television over previous comments Smith made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-220043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}