Sage Steele Twitter Trolled After Michelle Beadle Named Host of ESPN’s ‘NBA Countdown’
Twitter went wild on Tuesday when news broke that Michelle Beadle would replace Sage Steele as host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown.”
Many quickly assumed Steele was fired, as ESPN is expected to announce on-air layoffs shortly. However, a source close to the situation told TheWrap that Steele is not expected to be among the layoffs and that she is a big part of the network’s plans.
As announced in September, Steele is leading the company’s “SportsCenter on the Road” show and is in the middle of high-profile assignments such as Final Four and The Masters.
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Steele has been criticized for famously venting about missing a flight because of airport immigration protesters following President Trump’s executive order halting travel for immigrants from seven Muslim majority nations.
In an Instagram post, Steele wrote that she was sad “to see the joy on their faces knowing that they were successful in disrupting so many people’s travel plans.” Steele has also been criticized because of her views on the Black Lives Matter movement, having espoused “all lives matter.”
Many on Twitter were happy to learn that Steele won’t be the full-time host of “NBA Countdown” anymore.
First time ever black ppl are happy that a black person losing their job to a white person. Bye Sage Steele. LOL pic.twitter.com/ofywh9GM0j
— Jay Anderson (@jayserius) April 4, 2017
Sage Steele is being replaced
Black people: pic.twitter.com/Ar244uoL93— Be???? Humble???? (@_Petty_Adjacent) April 4, 2017
Tomi Lahren and Stacey Dash are about to start the All Lives Matter News Network with Sage Steele on sports and a climate denier on weather
— brion tarnation (@whoisbrionrock) April 4, 2017
When you heard a black woman on ESPN lost her job to a white woman but also heard it was Sage Steele pic.twitter.com/IDOkhpt8cQ
— #OnToSB52 (@iAM_RodWill) April 4, 2017
Also Twitter when Sage Steele was replaced by Michelle Beadle. ???????? pic.twitter.com/rk8cKPQp2C
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) April 4, 2017
Remember when Sage Steele was clowning Kaep for being unsigned……Life, just like me, really does come fast
— Rex DrillHerson (@Smartguygemini) April 4, 2017
Sage Steele: "All lives Matter
ESPN: "Bet"— Rex DrillHerson (@Smartguygemini) April 4, 2017
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