‘HE STRUGGLED’: Ex-ESPN host says interviewing Joe Biden was ‘the saddest thing’
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Former ESPN host Sage Steele spilled the tea on what interviewing U.S. President Joe Biden was really like.
Steele was a guest on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast where she described interviewing Biden as “the saddest thing” because he “couldn’t finish his sentences” and seemed confused.
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“He struggled,” Steele revealed of the now-80-year-old, explaining he “trailed off” on topics during the March 2021 interview.
“Honestly, I don’t like him,” Steele began (at the 32:56 mark). “I think he’s a terrible president. However, forget that.”
She continued: “The human aspect of what we’re witnessing right now with him, to me, is heartbreaking. And it’s inexcusable by the family when you knew during the election.”
Biden has had more than his share of public blunders, which have many questioning if he is in the right frame of mind to run for re-election.
Steele explained that her interview with Biden was for a prerecorded segment ahead of MLB’s opening day that year and was done via satellite.
She noted that she had to stall Biden as they waited for technical issues to be resolved.
“So I had to, like, BS. I had to chitchat, waiting for us to start rolling.”
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Steele recounted that she could not see the president as his staffers kept a lens cover over the camera but there was sound.
“So I can hear him and he goes, ‘What is this for?’… And he’s, like, ‘Who am I talking to? Wait — what’s her name?’
“I was going, ‘Oh my God!’ And then (an aide) said, ‘SportsCenter, ESPN.’ And he goes, ‘Oh, okay.’”
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At that point, the President started to tell Steele about his own football greatness and how he had “the best hands,” to which the host did not know how to respond.
Instead, she said, “‘Oh, so you were a receiver,” to which he started to elaborate.
“And here’s the saddest thing — his voice just trailed off. He said, ‘I was good,’ and then he went silent, and he goes, ‘Uh … never mind.’”
While Maher laughed, Steele was a little more sympathetic.
“I thought it was so sad because I realized that’s why he was in his basement during the whole election cycle. Because even then, he couldn’t finish his sentences. He struggled.”
She added: “So forget about politics, I don’t care, I didn’t vote for him. However, that made me sad.”
Steele’s podcast appearance came mere days after Maher pleaded with Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race because he is the “only Democrat who can lose to Trump,” despite the men only having a four-year age difference.
Steele clarified that while she thinks Biden is a terrible president, she doesn’t love Trump either.
“There’s a big difference in voting for someone and loving them because, by the way, I don’t love any politician,” she explained. “There’s always a screw loose with all of them because who would want to do that?”
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