That’s one vote less for presidential hopeful Stephen A. Smith. Just when you think he can’t talk himself into another pool of hot water, he does it again. This time he triggered Serena Williams’ husband. When SAS is getting dragged, the other Stephen can’t resist stoking the flames. Stephen Jackson is not his greatest fan already. After his rant defending Shedeur Sanders, he once again called out the ESPN analyst for his tiff with Alexis Ohanian.

Ohanian’s appearance on First Take took an awkward turn when he pressed the resident analyst for his comments about Serena Williams’ brief appearance on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime show. While Smith diffused that situation as banter, reactions poured in.

Among the many Internet denizens calling out SAS for being evasive was Stak. He was on his Instagram soon after First Take to slam Smith’s confrontational history.

“Come on, Stephen A., bro. You get loud and all in your feelings about Bron. When talking to a Black billionaire, but when you talking to a white billionaire, you humble,” Jackson said, referencing Smith’s infamous altercation with LeBron James in 2024. In the ensuing press tour to defend himself, Smith made lofty claims about potentially clocking the Lakers star. He was contrastingly demure around Ohanian.

“And you come back on your show talking real respectful, mild-mannered… Right, bro, listen. And you talking to Black woman?” He added and proceeded to call out Smith’s political ambitions. “Stay out of politics and stick to talking about sports you never played, alright? Just stick to doing that bro. We’re not gonna vote for you. I heard you talking about running, don’t do that, bro. We’re not gonna vote for you. No. No, no, no. We’re not. … You do not have the same energy for other people, but you got a lot of energy for Bron and Black women and not everybody else, stop it.”

Smith has been vocal about his presidential ambitions for a while now. But a good portion of the NBA community is iffy about his chances given his history of drama.

Stephen A. Smith’s losing votes

A few days ago, Stephen Jackson reminded Smith that success has “no dress code“ after he criticized Shedeur Sanders’ attitude. Jackson feels some way about SAS dropping hot takes on sports he doesn’t play. They’ve had a history of bitter exchanges and never truly buried the hatchet. He was never giving his vote to the SAS for prez campaign.

That campaign probably also won’t get Alexis Ohanian’s funding that easily. In February, Smith commented on Ohanian’s wife, Serena Williams’ viral cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime show, specifically during “Not Like Us.” We all know that song is at the core of K-Dot’s beef with Drake, Williams’ rumored ex-boyfriend. A small part of the Internet thought it was the tennis legend’s jab at Drake. Most thought it was an ‘oh, snap!’ moment. Smith was maybe on Drake’s camp.

“If I’m your husband, I’m thinking, ‘Why are you up there trolling him? Trolling your ex?'” Smith had claimed. He’d later double down on it but claim he meant no disrespect to Williams.

Smith probably missed the part where Ohanian and Williams are marriage goals. When the Internet billionaire was on his show, Ohanian brought it up upfront. “Stephen A. Smith, I think you had some marriage advice for me. Is that right?” Just like Stak calling out Smith for commenting on professional athletes despite never being one, Ohanian said, “You hadn’t been married before, right?” Smith is, in fact, in a relationship.

Smith did not answer but Ohanian said, “I give advice to plenty of founders who want to build billion-dollar companies, and the reason I do that is because I build billion-dollar companies. So I generally try to stay in my lane.”

Smith claimed,  “If that was my wife, I don’t want to see that. He is her husband, he loves her dearly. They have two wonderful children together, and I have absolutely no issue with him whatsoever with him wanting to address that situation with me.”

He was not confrontational or defensive as is his usual MO. He was very awkward and monotonous though. That’s apparently irked the Internet and Stak. But who can blame Smith.