There’s a lot to unload there, but on the political points, credit to Steele for dancing her way through as gracefully as possible to adhere to ESPN’s rules.
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“Would letting Win Butler finish whatever he had to say about health care really damage the lofty status of the ESPN brand?”
The 35-year-old had opened his remarks with a tribute to his adopted hometown and notice of his “retirement” from the game which marks the unofficial start of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend.
Win Butler was ready to speak his mind when the mic turned to him to accept his award for most valuable player, but it seems the network wasn’t expecting him to go zero to hundred that quick. Butler’s California-born but has been living in Montreal for 15 years. “If you guys want to fast track my Canadian citizenship, hopefully, this’ll help my permanent residence”, said Butler, who also participated in 2015’s all-star celebrity game. I just want to say that I’m retiring as a celebrity right now, so I will not be eligible for the celebrity game next year. I’m retiring as a celebrity, so I brought this home for Canada. “Respect to Drake. Respect to Team Canada”.
Sage Steele: You know Kevin Hart has said he’s retired for 10 years and he keeps coming back so I feel like they’d welcome you back. He merely suggested it in a polite, non-offensive manner and that’s all it took, just those few words to have CNN’s Sage Steele shut him down with, “We’re talking about celebrity stuff, not politics”. “Congratulations on the MVP”.
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Since Butler couldn’t complete his speech, this probably means that the next Arcade Fire album will have a political angle to it.
