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Stephen A. Smith Created a Strong New Meme During Electric 'Hannity' Performance
This is not your slightly older sibling's ESPN which means Stephen A. Smith made yet another appearance on Fox News' Hannity on Thursday night to talk about the upcoming presidential election. The two high-profile broadcasters go back a long ways and don't always see eye-to-eye on the issues, therefore creating some compelling television. Smith's latest hit on the show was arguably his most adversarial to date as he and Hannity really volleyed around some thoughts on Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Here's a sampling of that conversation.
Stephen A Smith is on Hannity's show cutting a promo on Trump pic.twitter.com/LZd0chePjU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2024
Stephen A. Smith to Hannity: "I know you're not talking about someone being lucid and cogent and enunciating their thoughts with clarity and you're bragging about Donald Trump. We can't be watching the same stuff if that's what you're doing!" pic.twitter.com/PY0MfjJTs5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2024
The most enduring image of this meeting of the minds to emerge was this moment where Hannity had to offer a rebuttal while Smith looked on with an incredible face.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) October 25, 2024
People from all sides of the aisles had wisecracks.
Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it… https://t.co/zWw1FDriIf
— Kylie Cheung (@kylietcheung) October 25, 2024
nice argument, but unfortunately for you, i have already portrayed myself as the smirking stephen a smith and you as the hysterical hannity https://t.co/pXEiLVtu6Y
— Terminally Online Leftist 🥂 (@terminallyOL) October 25, 2024
https://t.co/qC5CnGZFoE pic.twitter.com/9Y81OxZzBY
— jesse spector (@jessespector) October 25, 2024
Theater like this is a win-win situation for Smith and Hannity. Smith gets to pop on yet another platform to a new audience and Hannity gets a bonafide A-list guest to spar with for a segment then they go back to being buddies after the red light stops. The meme, though, might live on a bit longer.
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Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros(e) blog, and at Woven Digital.