Stephen A. Smith has laughed with statements that he could run for president in 2028, describing the rumors of a possible electoral offer as “hilarious.”
The host of ESPN has been flirting with the possibility of running for president after a national survey revealed last month that would receive more support than several high -profile Democratic candidates in three years.
In an exclusive interview with Dailymail.com shortly after the survey was published, Smith left the door open to run if the American people ask, despite emphasizing that he does not have a personal desire to do so.
However, during an appearance in Podcast of American journalist Karen Hunter This week, he expressed his disbelief that the public is even considering him as a potential candidate to face Donald Trump.
'I'm laughing like … are they serious?' Smith initially said before joking: 'And then I thought I'm Stephen A. Smith and approve this message, and God bless the United States of America!
'It's funny to me. Actually, it really is.
Stephen A. Smith has laughed at the shock that could be applied for president in 2028
Smith discussed the recent political rumors about the podcast of the American journalist Karen Hunter
Smith also spoke in his surprising emergency as a potential presidential candidate during an appearance in The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week.
When Fallon asked him why he has emerged as a candidate for the Democrats, said SportsCaster in the night interview program: 'People are crazy, number one. Number two, the Democratic Party … lost. They had a bad months, we all know.
'And although there are many qualified Democrats throughout the country from a local perspective, governors, mayors, things like this … there is no real national voice. And Moi … They have come to me.
In the midst of a shock election race, Smith recently put the pencil to the paper in an amazing $ 100 million contract with ESPN.
The first host of the Toma, NBA analyst, Podcast and the guest of frequent interview program agreed a five -year agreement that will pay an average of $ 20 million annually, According to Andrew Marchand of Athletics. He has been winning $ 12 million annually amid months of speculation about his next contract.
Previously The Wall Street Journal Inform Smith rejected an ESPN $ 18th offer. Since then, multiple points of sale have reported that I was looking for $ 25 million annually of the network as part of its next agreement.
Although he will remain in the first shot, his daily diurnal show in ESPN, the tireless worker will not be so widely in the network that he told The Athletic. It will no longer be a central piece of the NBA shows, but it could begin to make some appearances in football on Monday night.
This should allow you to make more political comments away from the network, sources told Marchand.