ESPN anchor Sage Steele lashed out at her employer for forcing her to take a vaccine she did not want.
Steele, co-host of the 12pm SportsCenter on ESPN, expressed her employee grievance during an appearance on the “Uncut with Jay Cutler” podcast.
She said that she received a Covid mRNA vaccine that day but “didn’t want to do it.”
“I work for a company that mandates it and I had until September 30th to get it done or I’m out,” Steele told Cutler, a former NFL quarterback.
“I respect everyone’s decision, I really do, but to mandate it is sick and it’s scary to me in many ways. I just, I’m not surprised it got to this point, especially with Disney, I mean a global company like that.”
ESPN is jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications.
On Tuesday, Steele retweeted a thought-provoking statement by Orlando Magic center Jonathan Isaac:
“Misrepresentation only allows for others to attack straw men, and not reason with the true ideas and heart of their fellow man. It helps no one! True journalism is dying! I believe it is your God given right to decide if taking the vaccine is right for you! Period!”
Misrepresentation only allows for others to attack straw men, and not reason with the true ideas and heart of their fellow man. It helps no one! True journalism is dying! I believe it is your God given right to decide if taking the vaccine is right for you! Period! More to follow
— Jonathan Isaac (@JJudahIsaac) September 26, 2021
Isaac, who previously tested positive for Covid, is among a group of NBA players, including Kyrie Irving and Bradley Beal, who refuse to get the vaccine.
— Jonathan Isaac (@JJudahIsaac) September 28, 2021
