Stephen A. Smith catfished by fake Cari Champion

Cari Champion Says Stephen A. Smith Was Catfished By Someone Pretending to Be Her

Former ESPN host Cari Champion said this week that texts Stephen A. Smith believed came from her after Molly Qerim left “First Take” were not hers — and Smith conceded on her podcast that he had been corresponding with someone pretending to be Champion. The exchange unfolded on “Flagrant and Funny,” the podcast Champion co-hosts with Jemele Hill. Smith appeared for a nearly three-hour interview that covered years of friction among former ESPN co…

Stephen A. Smith Discovers He Was Catfished By Fake Cari Champion in Wild Exchange

Stephen A. Smith was catfished by someone posing as his former First Take colleague Cari Champion, and he found out during an awkward exchange with Champion. The post Stephen A. Smith Discovers He Was Catfished By Fake Cari Champion in Wild Exchange first appeared on Mediaite.

Stephen A. Smith claims former ESPN star wanted Molly Qerim’s ‘First Take’ job then realizes he may have been catfished

Champion checked the receipts in real time and left Smith confronting the possibility that someone had impersonated his former ESPN colleague

First Take, Second Thoughts?: Stephen A. Smith Gets Pressed By Jemele Hill & Cari Champion Over ESPN Past

Stephen A. Smith is used to doing the pressing on First Take, but the tables were turned when he sat down with former ESPN colleagues Jemele Hill and Cari Champion for a very candid conversation about their complicated history at the Worldwide Leader.

Stephen A. Smith catfished by fake Cari Champion

Stephen A. Smith received an inquiry last year from someone he believed was Cari Champion, but it most definitely did not come from Cari Champion. After months of going back and forth on social media and via their own shows, Smith sat down with Champion and Jemele Hill for a nearly three-hour episode of their…

Former ‘First Take’ Host Confronts Stephen A. Smith Over Years of ESPN Drama

Stephen A. Smith’s appearance on Cari Champion and Jemele Hill’s podcast turned into much more than a friendly ESPN reunion. Smith sat down with his former ESPN colleagues for an extensive three-hour conversation on the “Flagrant and Funny” podcast, and it didn’t take long for old disagreements from their years at the network to resurface. …