Will Stephen A Smith walk away from ESPN or is his bark worse than his bite.
He has made media headlines this week demanding a pay increase and threatening to walk off set.
He is the biggest celebrity talk show host if taking on the big dogs is concerned having beef with everyone from Mad Dog Ruso, Florida Governor Ron deSantis, Dan La Batard and the Harlem Globetrotters to name a few.
The First Take anchor is colorful, brash, controversial, topical and always trending, perfect foil for any network.
He is no doubt a celebrity, a star and the fact is that he is only the ninth highest paid host at this moment.
Does he have the guts to chuck it all in and go solo, or join another network or is this all flirting and gerrymandering?
He is a semi famous TV star appearing on General Hospital for 10 odd years, has a top selling memoir Straight Shooter and has filled in as a guest host for Jimmy Kimmel in 2021.
He has the clout; now let’s see if he can ‘Bojangles’ his way to a better contract.
