Outspoken ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith is not ruling out a presidential run in his future.
In an interview with CNBC Sport, Smith said, “I wouldn’t mind being in office.”
Yet the popular television host said it’s the campaigning and being a politician that turns him off.
“I’m not one of those dudes that’s great at shaking hands and kissing babies, per se, and currying favor with politicians and donors. I’m not a beggar. That’s not who I am,” Smith told CNBC Sport.
However, the 57-year-old Bronx native said he believes if he could bypass the the campaigning, he would excel on television in a presidential debate.
“If you tell me that I could catapult to the White House, and I could be in a position to affect millions upon millions of lives, not just in America, but the world over, yeah, that’s something that I would entertain,” he said.
The “First Take” host has said that he voted for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, telling Bill Maher he feels like a “damn fool” now for doing so.
In a recent poll by McLaughlin & Associates, 2% of voters said they would vote for Smith in the 2028 presidential election.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/espn-host-stephen-a-smith-wouldnt-mind-being-us-president.html