Stephen A. Smith’s fame comes in handy when his cousin Josh picks up women, he revealed on his uncle’s self-titled show.
On Monday, Josh appeared on The Stephen A. Smith Show and gave viewers talking points, claiming he was the “Bronny James of media” because of Smith’s success.
After making a horrible introduction to his cousin, the ESPN star was shocked when Josh admitted he used his name to get dates.
“So what you said is, forget your good looks, forget smooth talk, forget, you know, ingratiate yourself with a treat and make her feel good and all that,” Smith said.
“No, whatever you were like, ‘I’m Stephen A’s cousin’ and that’s what did it?” He asked Josh to follow up.
“You know, like I said, I see you’re blossoming,” Josh replied. “I’m like, he’s actually blossoming for me. So what I would do is some people wouldn’t believe it, like Stephen A. What, and I’ll just call you:
Stephen A. Smith’s cousin, Josh, admitted to using his uncle’s name to get dates with women
“You never answer, but your voicemail proved it was you and that usually helped close the show for me,” he added.
The camera then captured the disappointed look on Smith’s face before Josh continued to add fuel to the fire.
“Is this on TV,” he asked, and Smith said yes. “We can edit, right? Griff, are you going to edit that?’
“It’s a Smith thing, I’m not going to tell your business,” he added, before his uncle loudened his tone after slapping his hand in his face.
“Don’t put the name Smith like that,” Smith exclaimed. “First of all, Grandma would have killed me. My sisters would have killed me, stop it. This is you. You one of one.
“None of us were like that,” he continued jokingly. “We had no evil, cruel, treacherous intentions that you had.”
“Because you weren’t rich either,” Josh replied. “Once you’re rich too, with the natural thing we have, then you’re going to have problems.”
Earlier in December, The Athletic reported that ESPN and the First Take host are negotiating a six-year deal worth $120 million. The deal would see Smith eclipse his peers in compensation by a wide margin.
Smith currently earns $12 million per year at the world leader in sports, with the annual salary split between his salary ($8 million) and his production company ($4 million).