Former ESPN star Jemele Hill publicly calls out Kirk Herbstreit
Former ESPN star Jemele Hill is publicly calling out Kirk Herbstreit on social media following his comments on politics.
Herbstreit spoke with the media in Oxford, Mississippi ahead of the Ole Miss vs. LSU game this weekend. The “College GameDay” star defended ESPN’s decision to speak with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on last week’s show in Austin, Texas. ESPN faced some backlash and some praise for the decision.
The “College GameDay” star made it clear that he believes he doesn’t really get into politics.
“I’ve never seen a guy booed that long and be able to power through that. I think he was booed pretty much the entire time he spoke,” Herbstreit said. “I don’t really follow it. I don’t know anything about his political views. I don’t know what he’s for or against. I care about football, my family, my faith and my country.”
Herbstreit added, “I don’t really get into politics, I’m an independent guy – right down the middle of the fairway. I’m for America, so whoever helps us as a country, I’m for.”
Hill, meanwhile, doesn’t seem to be buying it. The former ESPN star joked that Herbstreit had little to no interest in discussing his real politics while speaking with the media.
She compared him to a Dave Chapelle sketch.
“Kirk Herbstreit tried to pull one of these 😂,” she joked.
Herbstreit’s ‘politics’ comment gets questioned
Not everyone is buying it, either.
“Fine. But Kirk has forgotten two things,” Dan Wolken of Yahoo Sports said. “He has tweeted about politics and politicians, including Ted Cruz, so he’s just lying. Kirk follows 844 people on X. That list is public. You can go look at it and judge for yourself whether he doesn’t follow politics.”
Other college football fans are critical, too.
“I don’t do politics is such a cop out,” one fan said. “You are a grown man and should be informed on the state of the country if you love America. You don’t have to be an activist but this fence sitting is cowardly and disingenuous. You know what you support and what do you don’t support.”
What do you make of Herbstreit’s comments?
