Stephen A. Smith made reference to Serena Williams scenario on First Take when he said that he would tell Williams to “go back to his a**” if they were married.

This week, Williams’ real-life husband addressed the remarks with Smith when he came on the show to advertise an event.

Smith stated: “I should not have said it this way, I’ll concede that. But going to commercial, joking around, I said, ‘Take your a** back to him,’”

“All I was saying is as men, if I’m married, if my wife got the energy and the fervor to show up in Super Bowl Sunday and go out onstage specifically to dance off of a song that’s disrespecting her ex, my question would be, ‘What’s that energy about?’ You’re supposed to be happy with me.”

Smith added that he would have accepted responsibility for his error and offered an apology if he had been in the same room as Ohanian. He clarified:

“I don’t think that he’s wrong for taking it differently,” “And to his face, I would have said to him what I just said … and I would own that and I would apologize.”

“I’m not casting aspersions on Serena Williams in any way, and I apologize to her as well,” “I didn’t mean it the way it was taken, I was just speaking from a man’s perspective.”

Smith also apologized to Williams, explaining that he wanted to connect with the audience and convey his surprise that Williams could speak so casually about an old flame.

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