Well damn! Sage Steele, the former sportscaster who recently left ESPN is accusing the late Barbara Walters of attacking her while backstage at the view! While being featured on Thursday’s episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show” Steele claims Walters elbowed her and pushed her into a wall.
“It was Barbara, Whoopi [Goldberg] and myself in the dark green room off to the side,” Steele said. “I was probably about four feet from the wall and the trash can, and Barbara was standing over here in front of me. She just started to back up toward me and looked at me and got close and elbowed me, and it pushed me back into the wall and the trash can. I was like, ‘What did [she] just do to me? This 140-year-old woman just tried to like tackle me.’”
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Steele continued, “Some of the producers saw it. Whoopi saw it. And Whoopi was like, ‘Come here.’ She was great. She pulled me aside in her little area and she’s like, ‘Don’t you let her do it.’ And I’m like, ‘Am I in a movie right now?’ One of the legends in this industry just tried to beat me up!”
During the interview she said all of this took place after they were having a discussion about the comments she previously made about the former president Barack Obama. As we previously reported, during her appearance on the Podcast “Uncut”. She spoke on how the coronavirus vaccine mandate is “sick” and also saying it’s “fascinating” that former President Obama says he’s Black “considering his Black dad was nowhere to be found.”
“Congratulations to the President, that’s his thing.” She added, “I think that’s fascinating considering his black dad is nowhere to be found but his white mom and grandma raised him, but okay. You do you. I’m gonna do me.” In a follow-up line, Steele said, “Listen, I’m pretty sure my white mom was there when I was born. And my white family loves me as much as my black family.”
“At ESPN, we embrace different points of view — dialogue and discussion makes this place great,” ESPN shared in a statement after her viral statement. “That said, we expect that those points of view be expressed respectfully, in a manner consistent with our values, and in line with our internal policies.” ESPN also released an apology from Steele, “I know my recent comments created controversy for the company, and I apologize,” Steele said. “We are in the midst of an extremely challenging time that impacts all of us, and it’s more critical than ever that we communicate constructively and thoughtfully.”