{"id":383118,"date":"2021-04-24T13:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T20:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=383118"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:23:46","slug":"megan-olivi-explains-why-she-was-so-hurt-by-stephen-a-smiths-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/megan-olivi-explains-why-she-was-so-hurt-by-stephen-a-smiths-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Olivi explains why she was &#8220;so hurt&#8221; by Stephen A. Smith&#8217;s tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Olivi recently admitted that she genuinely felt &#8220;so hurt&#8221; after Stephen A. Smith failed to recognize her while praising the talent on UFC broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Following last months UFC 260: &#8216;Miocic vs. Ngannou 2&#8217; pay-per-view broadcast, the ESPN analyst in Smith took to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> where he praised a number of UFC employees for their work during the event.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1376037930481938432<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Forgive me for bragging, but we\u2019ve got the best <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">coverage in the world on ESPN+. Ya got <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma\">@dc_mma<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan\">@joerogan <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&amp; <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jon_Anik\">@Jon_Anik <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">cage side. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\">@ChaelSonnen <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&amp; <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bisping\">@bisping <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">providing color. My bro <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeleaves\">@michaeleaves <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Hosting post-fight coverage and <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\">@bokamotoESPN <\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&amp; <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\">@arielhelwani <\/a><\/span>always on scene.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As seen above, Megan Olivi was left out of Smith&#8217;s tweet boasting about the talented UFC broadcast team. That notion did not sit well with the longtime UFC reporter and she promptly replied to Stephen&#8217;s post with the following: <em>&#8220;Umm hey there &#8211; you&#8217;re forgetting someone.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Olivi never even received a reply from Smith, never mind an actual apology. With that said, the longtime UFC reporter could not help but feel genuinely hurt by the whole incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was actually tough for me,\u201d Olivi told reporters during a Q&amp;A following Friday\u2019s UFC 261 weigh-ins (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/04\/ufc-news-megan-olivi-reaction-hurt-stephen-a-smith-tweet-praise-ufc-broadcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cI don\u2019t love social media in general, but then to play such a big role in terms of pre- and post-fight interviews, like, I\u2019m the one onsite doing them. Then to do all the hits on the broadcast and be a part of this team and literally the only women on the pay-per-view team \u2013 there\u2019s no other desk host, there\u2019s no one on the pre- or post-show. It\u2019s literally just me. And I\u2019ve worked to be here. I wasn\u2019t handed this. It\u2019s been a very long journey, as people who have seen me 10 years ago I\u2019m sure can attest to. I\u2019ve done everything the right way to get here, and to not get the acknowledgement as my male colleagues got, I genuinely was so hurt. It was nice to see the MMA community have my back on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-375117\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stephen-A.-Smith-2.png\" alt=\"Stephen A. Smith\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stephen-A.-Smith-2.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stephen-A.-Smith-2-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Megan Olivi continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunately something the women in this room have dealt with before and will have to continue to deal with. I don\u2019t think he did it on purpose. I don\u2019t think there was any (bad) intent. I don\u2019t think he was trying to be rude by any means. I just think it didn\u2019t really matter to him. \u2026 I don\u2019t know how much he actually watched. I know he\u2019s supposed to be an MMA insider and he does his best, but he has a lot on his plate, as well. I don\u2019t know how much he actually sees. \u2026 I don\u2019t want to make it about me and be like, \u2018I don\u2019t know how much he noticed me.\u2019 I just don\u2019t think he was genuinely paying attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Megan Olivi and company will be back at it this evening for UFC 261, a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-261-usman-vs-masvidal-2-live-results-and-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13-bout fight card<\/a> headlined by a welterweight title fight rematch between Jorge Masvidal and Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Olivi recently admitted that she genuinely felt &#8220;so hurt&#8221; after Stephen A. Smith failed to recognize her while praising the talent on UFC broadcasts. 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