Stephen A. Smith: The Onion Wrote About Him Arguing With His (Fake) Son and He Fell For It

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. Stephen A. Smith, as one of ESPN’s most noisy and visible commentators, has plenty of people out to get him. Enter The Onion, one of America’s most famous – and hilarious – satire factories. Today they published the story entitled “Stephen A. Smith Thinking Son Is Finally Ready For The Sex Argument.” Decent enough joke, but what made it really funny is that Stephen A. Smith either didn’t click the link or was not familiar with The Onion. Needless to say, Stephen A. was not happy to hear such lies.

I thought I’d heard enough despicable lies about myself. Now there’s some article out that I have a 9-yr-old son and I’m going to have a
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 17, 2012

Conversation with him about Sex. Mind you, I neither have a son nor a 9-Year-old. Some ppl are beyond despicable. No end! Sad what extent
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 17, 2012

People will go to. Amazing how folks try to tear cats down, primarily due to perceived power of the spoken word. Damn Shame, but too bad.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 17, 2012

Because I don’t intend on going anywhere. Really, Really sad, though!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 17, 2012

So if you’re keeping track at home, Stephen A. Smith does not have a 9-year-old son. Fortunately (unfortunately?) someone eventually clued Stephen A. into the joke.

Haaaaa. The got me. I didn’t know it was on Satire! Got it. Peeps got jokes. It’s cool!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 17, 2012

Notice he didn’t deny the part about his own father arguing with him about the birds and the bees. They say a lot of truth is said in jest…

[h/t: @SportsJoey]

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22 Responses to “Stephen A. Smith: The Onion Wrote About Him Arguing With His (Fake) Son and He Fell For It”

KC Resident Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Worth linking to this site. People on Facebook who believe The Onion articles.

http://literallyunbelievable.org/

Jason McIntyre Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:08 PM

Bryce, my nearly 18-month old, knows what the Onion is. big fan.

JDiddy3000 Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:10 PM

Him and fucking Michael Irvin are the worst. Fell asleep (passed out) to the NFL channel last night and was rudely awakened by that piece of shit Irvin. I hate him. I hate being woken up. I hate loud assholes. I was still drunk/hungover. Not good.

/Awaken? Woken? Woke? Awoke? That’s a fucking tough one.

gfunk supreme Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:14 PM

Awaken? Woken? Woke? Awoke? That’s a fucking tough one.

Awakened

/ no idea

Some Random Old Dude Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:18 PM

Bryce, my nearly 18-month old, knows what the Onion is. big fan.

You named your son after Bryce Harper??? “You’re right, Ugarte. I AM a little more impressed with you.”

Ty_Webb Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:24 PM

@ KC Res

Thank you for maikng me sick

KC Resident Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:24 PM

Spencer – Once you are out of your haze and allow yourself to post again this evening, I found this about Tiger’s endorsements.

I was interested. Googled it.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2011/index.html

Holy shit.

Also, I accidentally Googled Tiger Williams first. His caddy has made $20 m off caddying tourneys. %15 of the cut from each tourney. Dayem.

KC Resident Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:25 PM

Thank you for maikng me sick Ty

Life is full of idiots. I choose to be entertained by them.

Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:27 PM

I remember someone on here saying something when The Onion came up about how nobody reads it anymore and there was a better satire site and it was some piece of shit they linked to. Anyone remember that?

PeerLessPrices Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Bryce, my nearly 1 1/2 year old, knows what the Onion is. big fan.

/fixed

KC Resident Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:32 PM

I’m old enough that I read The Onion in newsprint form from the stand outside the KU Student Union. That is when they were based in Madison.

They were the prototype for internet satire. I don’t visit the site often anymore. There are so many satire/snarky sites that it is hard to keep up with. There may be better satire/snarky fake news articles site, but The Onion is probably still king. Or should be. But people read them.

KC Resident Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:33 PM

Bryce, my nearly 1 1/2 year old, knows what the Onion is. big fan. Peerless

Well done, sir. I’d have gone with 1 and 4/8 year old, but I never thought to bring up the meme. You win.

PeerLessPrices Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:38 PM

but I never thought to bring up the meme. You win.

First internet win. Feels good. But it drives me nuts. Maybe when I become a parent I might care about the exact month,but now, just give me a year or call him a youngster

spencer096 Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:48 PM

KC…before the scandal he was making about $40mm on top of THAT for a few straight years. that’s like…empire money.

KC Resident Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:49 PM

First internet win. Feels good. But it drives me nuts. Maybe when I become a parent I might care about the exact month,but now, just give me a year or call him a youngster Peer

Yeah, 18 months is usually the end of that. After that it is, “he is almost two.” Using months to signify age is baseball speak for parents. The difference between 12 months and 18 months (or any below that) is significant and people with kids know what you are talking about.

ou812jay8 Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:51 PM

You named your son after Bryce Harper???

That’s a clown question, bro.

Some Random Old Dude Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:53 PM

You named your son after Bryce Harper???
That’s a clown question, bro.

Ha!

spencer096 Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 6:59 PM

SINCE WHEN ARE OUR ATHLETES ABOVE ANSWERING CLOWN QUESTIONS?

im outraged.

JDiddy3000 Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 7:14 PM

Bryce, my nearly 1 1/2 year old, knows what the Onion is. big fan.

/fixed

Fucking unbearable. My daughters mom tried to pull that shit when she was little. “She’s 17 months” um, no, stupid, she’s fucking 1. Then she’ll be two, and so on. Hated that shit.

/Shocked that marriage didn’t last.
//Or the second one.
///Won’t be a third.

gfunk supreme Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 7:28 PM

Shocked that marriage didn’t last.

It does sound shocking

scripty Says:
September 17th, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Also, I accidentally Googled Tiger Williams first. His caddy has made $20 m off caddying tourneys. %15 of the cut from each tourney. Dayem.

There is no way Tiger gave Stevie a standard caddie percentage. Dream on. He knew that’d be obsene givin Tiger’s rate of top finishes. I read an article where the one year some writer asked Steve if Tiger gave him a Xmas present and he said yeah, Tiger gave me a scorecard from some round where I keyed him on some good reads on his putts. Now, obviously Tiger can do whatever he wants but he is a notorious cheap ass. That one hooker asked for dinner and he told her he’d get her Subway. So basically there is NO WAY Stevie got paid the normal caddie percentages…

roger from oz Says:
September 18th, 2012 at 10:58 AM