Megyn Kelly, Sage Steele ‘disgusted’ that ESPN hosts will talk about abortion — but not trans athletes in women’s sports

Megyn Kelly slammed “woke” ESPN hosts Thursday for “holding again tears” when condemning the overturning of Roe v. Wade — however holding their tongues about trans athletes collaborating in ladies’s sports activities.

The conservative pundit and visitor Sage Steele — who was booted from ESPN for making comments about being forced to get the COVID vaccine — ripped into the sports activities community for persistently discussing liberal speaking factors not associated to sports activities, together with George Flyod’s demise and the choice to finish federal protections on abortion rights.

The one current issue ESPN appears to stay “silent” on, the pair argued, straight intersects with its beat: Transgender feminine athletes allegedly crushing their competitors.

“Sports activities Media, I believe, has a particular obligation,” Kelly mentioned.

“My daughter is 12. If she reveals up at a soccer sport and there’s a boy on the opposite crew, we’re out of there. There’s zero probability I’ll let her play. I don’t care who I offend … There’s no means — and I like to recommend different dad and mom do the identical factor as a result of your child truly might get damage.”

Steele agreed with Kelly, including that she was “disgusted” to see her ex-colleagues decline to talk on the difficulty.

The previous sports activities anchor alleged that a number of of her previous male coworkers oppose trans athletes taking part in towards their chosen gender and wouldn’t allow their own daughters to play against “boys.”

“This isn’t even controversial. That is silly that it’s even a subject with trans-biological males attempting to play sports activities with ladies,” Steele mentioned.

Steele insinuated that ESPN solely permits its anchors to debate their views if they’re liberal-leaning, main her to sue the network for firing her over conservative feedback she made on a non-affiliated podcast on her day without work.

She pointed to a June 2022 phase by which ESPN anchor Malika Andrews tearfully reported that “ladies’s reproductive rights [were] being taken away.”

“She’s holding again tears. The place’s her tearful diatribe for my daughter and the daughters of America proper now who’re getting damage when taking part in towards organic boys? Why are they crying about abortion on the set of ESPN?”

“The truth that they’re all silent disgusts me, particularly due to how vocal they had been about, let’s say the overturning of Roe v. Wade and ladies’s rights. I imply, good day, there have been individuals on our airwaves speaking about that,” Steele mentioned.

“And sports activities! Abortion will not be sports activities!” Kelly giddily interjected.

The 2 argued that permitting trans feminine athletes to take part on ladies’s groups and in ladies’s leagues wouldn’t solely degrade the sporting world however would set again the ladies’s rights motion.

They slammed trans girl Anne Andres, who set an all-time record on the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship Sunday after lifting 440 kilos greater than the second-place winner.

Andres defended her title, claiming that her intense coaching schedule earned her the gold relatively than a organic benefit.

Kelly and Steele giggled whereas watching Andres’ movies whereas repeatedly misgendering her and making enjoyable of the “unflattering” angle that the video depicted her in.

“You gotta snicker as a result of it’s comical,” Kelly mentioned.