Stephen A. Smith had one query for Megyn Kelly after her scathing response to a false report in regards to the Eagles turning down a go to to the White Home after defeating the Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl 2025 this month.
Throughout Tuesday’s installment of “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” the “First Take” host requested, “Was that necessary, though?”
His query got here someday after the political commentator instructed the Eagles to “GO F YOURSELVES” in an X publish, which was a response to a report by The U.S. Solar that alleged a member of Philadelphia’s possession and an unamed participant would refuse to go to the White Home if the staff obtained an invitation.
The piece was revealed on Feb. 6 — three days earlier than the Eagles topped the Chiefs in New Orleans, 40-22.
Kelly acknowledged Monday that the White Home denied the report in a separate publish on X.
“Really? They ain’t feeling Trump. So what?” Smith stated Tuesday. “74 million plus individuals wasn’t feeling Trump. F them too? Come on, Megyn.
“You don’t need to do that. It’s just not necessary. And by the way, if any team was justified in not wanting to show up to the White House… it would be the Philadelphia Eagles.”
The Eagles didn’t settle for their invitation to the White Home throughout Trump’s first presidential time period after they received the Tremendous Bowl in 2018.
Trump then rescinded the staff’s invitation a day earlier than their go to as a consequence of a nationwide anthem dispute — as he stated on the time that some members of the Tremendous Bowl-winning roster “disagree with their president because he insists that they proudly stand for the national anthem, hand on heart.”
On the time, experiences stated many gamers refused the invitation.
Smith, who has been a visitor on Kelly’s Sirius XM present, added he’s a fan of Kelly however disagreed with how she reacted to the report.
On Tuesday, Trump stated the Eagles will likely be invited to the White Home after their Tremendous Bowl 2025 domination.
“They will be. We haven’t yet, but we will be,” Trump stated of the staff’s invitation. “I thought it was a great performance by them. Absolutely, they’ll be extended that invitation… We’ll do that right away… They deserve to be down here and we hope to see them.”
An Eagles supply instructed CNN the staff could be “honored” to go to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
