In an interview with Fox News Digital, Sage Steele revealed that her former bosses at ESPN ordered her to follow a 'script' for her 2021 interview with President Biden.
Former ESPN host Sage Steele revealed that her 2021 interview with President Biden was 'scripted' by network executives. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Steele recalled the 'structured' nature of the pre-taped interview, so much so that her ESPN bosses handed her a 'script' to go off of. 'That was an interesting experience in its own right because it was so structured,' Steele said.
But everything Steele said to the president ultimately came from ESPN's c-suite. 'To the word. Every single question was scripted, gone over dozens of times by many editors and executives. Absolutely. I was on script and was told not to deviate,' Steele told Fox News Digital. 'It was very much ‘This is what you will ask. This is how you will say it. No follow-ups, no follow-ups. Next.
And he goes, ‘Oh, ok.’ And so I said, you know, what do you say? ‘Hi, Mr. President. Nice to meet you.’ And so I'm trying just to fill time. And he said, ‘You know, I used to play football'… And so he started to tell football stories of his greatness. And again, I can't see him. You can see the curtain… He goes, ‘And I have the best hands.’ What do you say to that?' She later continued, 'And then I said, ‘Oh, so you were a receiver.’ And he started to explain it.
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