The anchor was criticized for calling her company's vaccine mandate 'sick' and questioning Barack Obama's Blackness.
. “But her not appearing on air goes beyond her diagnosis,” the business journal wrote. “Both ESPN and Steele thought it was appropriate for her to take some time off.”
Steele has also been removed as moderator of the “espnW: Women + Sports Summit” event in mid-October,“At ESPN, we embrace different points of view — dialogue and discussion makes this place great,” ESPN said in a statement published by . “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.”Steele also issued a mea culpa through the sports network: “I know my recent comments created controversy for the company, and I apologize.”
In a controversial podcast with former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler last week, Steele called the vaccine mandate of ESPN and parent company Disney “sick” and “scary” but said she got inoculated that day to keep her job. She alsoon the census. “I think that’s fascinating considering his Black dad was nowhere to be found, but his white mom and grandma raised him, but hey, you do you. I’m going to do me,” she said.
Steele, who said she wanted to indicate that she was biracial on the census, added: “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.”Juan David Granda via Getty ImagesRELATED...
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