When Kyrie Irving refused to get vaccinated, he was honest about his personal decision, and said he understands the consequences. When Aaron Rodgers refused to get vaccinated, he lied about being vaccinated, to trick the sports world. Stephen A Smith’s reaction to these two situations is starkly different.
Did Aaron Rodgers Situation Expose that Stephen A Smith Doesn’t Criticize White Athletes the Way He Criticizes Black Athletes on First Take?
On August 26 Aaron Rodgers stated he was vaccinated against COVID during a press conference. He even said he wouldn’t judge his teammates who are unvaccinated, which made his statement even more believable. When a reporter asked about his vaccination status, and how he felt about his unvaccinated teammates he made this statement,
“Yeah, I’ve been immunized. I’m not going to judge those guys, because it’s a personal decision”.
Yesterday the world learned that Aaron Rodgers lied about being vaccinated, and is currently unvaccinated. Naturally people were expecting Stephen A Smith to berate Aaron Rodgers the same way he did Kyrie Irving. Stephen A Smith insulted Kyrie Irving’s intelligence, said he lost his mind, and even got mad at Jay Williams for defending Kyrie Irving.
Just take a look at how Stephen A Smith reacted to Kyrie Irving not being vaccinated.
Stephen A Smith Reacts to Aaron Rodgers Lying About Being Vaccinated on First Take. Why Didn’t Stephen A Smith Criticize Aaron Rodgers for Faking Being Vaccinated?
On First Take today Stephen A Smith refused to criticize Aaron Rodgers for faking being vaccinated. Instead Stephen A Smith said it’s “no big deal, it’s only one game”. He didn’t even touch on the fact that Aaron Rodgers lied about being vaccinated. This is the same guy that spent two episodes of First Take berating Kyrie Irving for not being vaccinated. He was even posting videos about Kyrie Irving while eating dinner on his birthday.
Take a look at Stephen A Smith’s reaction to Aaron Rodgers’ vaccine gate situation on First Take. Listen to how nice and respectful the tone of his voice is while talking about Aaron Rodgers.
A growing number of people think this is concrete evidence that Stephen A Smith uses his platform to criticize black athletes in certain situations where he doesn’t do the same for white athletes. We didn’t even include how Stephen A Smith berated Lamar Jackson for being unvaccinated as well.
Aaron Rodgers indirectly has Stephen A Smith looking real funny in the light. It seems Stephen A Smith does not keep that same energy for white athletes when it comes to vaccine scandals.
Author: JordanThrilla Staff
