ESPN/De Le Batard Present
For a number of years, Dan Le Batard Is Extremely Questionable was a staple of ESPN’s daytime program. Le Batard and his father would rant and ramble on a number of matters within the sports activities world, joined by a number of different ESPN personalities. A type of personalities was Bomani Jones, who now seemingly has a bone to select with Le Batard.
Jones, who left ESPN for HBO in 2022, made a current look on The Matt Jones Present the place he mentioned his time working with Le Batard, and his feedback didn’t precisely shine a optimistic gentle on his former cohost.
Bomani Jones Says That He Was Put On ‘Extremely Questionable’ To Serve A Goal
“I believe I served that goal for Dan Le Batard, in some ways,” Jones stated. “However it was, partially, additionally as a result of I believe Dan was very fascinated by the concept a Black individual could possibly be this sensible … I believe Dan couldn’t imagine that this occurred. It was like, ‘Wow, take a look at that fish using a bicycle.’ And to be truthful to him, he lives in Miami. He don’t see no sensible folks in any respect, not to mention Black ones.”
Jones then talked about his hesitance to talk for all black folks when requested for his perspective on a narrative.
“White folks don’t understand this, that there’s a bent to take the Black individual you understand, and that Black individual be the spokesperson for all Black folks,” he defined. “And I can’t converse for all of them.”
His latter level is extraordinarily legitimate and one thing that occurs to all minorities. However the shot at Le Batard was one which no one noticed coming, and followers of each Jones and Le Batard weren’t notably proud of it.
I was an enormous Bomani fan. Subscribe to all his reveals and every little thing. However I began to note his assaults on black males. And he’d solely level out his personal blackness when it was handy. Being a LeBetard fan til at the present time, I do know Dan gone be damage by this. Bomani is wack asf.
— ????????Title???????? (@ReggieDontCare) Could 23, 2025
It is a slap within the face for somebody whom actually shared his platform with an unknown when he for rattling positive didn’t should!! I mess with bomani however rattling smh ????????♂️
— Jamil Bell (@CuminMarkus) Could 23, 2025
Finally, Le Batard is a giant boy. He can defend himself if he chooses to take action. However it positive appears like a extremely pointless shot at an individual who, no less than from the general public standpoint, has at all times been extraordinarily supportive of Jones and his profession.
