Molly Qerim is no longer the host of First Take, with her announcing her departure from the ESPN show in stunning news that broke on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday’s episode opened up with Stephen A. Smith delivering a heartfelt speech about Qerim in which he said, “She’s been an enormous part of our success for a decade. Not only did she keep me and many others in line, she did it with dignity, class and kindness to say the least.”
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But then, he took some time on his own SiriusXM show to speak about the Qerim departure. He said she “abruptly” resigned and that it would be an understatement to say he was sad about her leaving.
“The details, quite frankly, are none of y’all business, but it’s not as if I know all the details,” he added. “There was a contract negotiation that was going on. ESPN certainly didn’t want to lose her. But in the end, he made a decision to walk away from the show effective immediately.”
There are a couple of new details there, even though he said the reasons why she was out were not our business. He said her leaving was effective immediately and it seemed like it was contract related.
Perhaps more details come out from reporting soon, but it’s still all stunning that she’s now out so quickly.
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