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And since he mentioned a particular unnamed “fake troll,” fans immediately theorized Rose might be taking shots at fellow ESPN personality
Stephen A. Smith, who has been known to rip on
Dak Prescott and the Cowboys.
The retired NBA-hooper-turned-sports-analyst made comments alluding to other analysts who acted as if they were not on the Dallas bandwagon before
their premature playoffs exit this weekend.
“So glad I didn’t make a career of content pretending to fake troll the Cowboys,” he wrote Monday evening. “Praying [sic] on the audience being dumb/lazy and low hanging fruit. No @ needed. Damn near all shows selling clowns this like it’s quality content. You da fool.”
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Smith and Rose have been linked in the past over rumors that the famously outspoken host of ESPN’s
First Take played a role in Rose’s divorce from
First Take co-host
Molly Qerim over a year ago. In fact, Smith shared how Qerim was
the no. 1 thing he was thankful for in November 2021, and then Rose and Qerim happened to announce their split
one month later.
But Rose shot that story down in his April 2022 interview with
GQ. “Not only speculating—in particular saying it was because her and Stephen A. Smith had a relationship,” he told the publication. “And, like, unequivocally, I’m not here to speak for what he does in his personal life or what [Molly] does in her personal life, I got love for both of them. We still 100. I would just say that for people who thought we parted ways because they have a relationship… That is not why we split.”
So who exactly was Rose talking about with his posts? He made sure to clear things up by Tuesday afternoon. “[Stephen A. Smith] is my brother and this is not accurate,” Rose said in his follow-up tweet. “If anything it was for Mr 1.4ppg playing JV as a junior.”
Watch the video to learn about Rose’s longstanding beef with another former
First Take regular — and current frenemy of
Shannon Sharpe — FOX Sports 1 analyst
Skip Bayless.
See how Twitter’s reacting to the beef below.
