Yet again, Lavar Ball has stirred up controversy in the media. The Big Baller Brand CEO has ruffled some feathers due to a response he gave to a question asked to him by Molly Qerim on ESPN’s First Take.
Many have sided with Molly Qerim in that Lavar’s comments were inappropriate. Others have sided with Lavar in his argument that he meant nothing sexually suggestive in his comments. Molly Qerim publicly addressed Lavar’s comments on TMZ. She said that she had no say on if Lavar Ball would be banned from coming back on ESPN’s shows as a guest and that it was “above her paygrade”. Lavar publicly addressed his comments saying “I don’t even have to respond to that on the fact that I meant no sexual intent. Nothing on the fact that ‘switch gears’ means change topics to me. Her mind in the gutter if she think of something else. Only time I hit on her is if she’s breaking in my house, and I mistake her for the boogeyman.”
Richard Deitsch of The Athletic reported that an ESPN spokesmen responded that there are “no plans moving forward” when asked if they would use Lavar as an on-air guest, an on-the-record source for digital, or a background source for ESPN.
Recently, NFL Star Wide Receiver Dez Bryant, commented on the situation via Twitter. He tweeted at Molly Qerim “I’m late but I just seen the ESPN video of you and Lavar Ball… just being real.. you owe that man an apology straight up… I didn’t even sense foul play from him… you dramatically overreacted.. mature women like Doris Burke need those jobs.”
It’s still unsure if Lavar Ball is banned from ESPN indefinitely. Jalen Rose took to Instagram live to address the situation briefly. He responded to accusations that him and Molly got Lavar banned by saying, “we work there we don’t own the company, this man has two professional sons you don’t think he’s going to be back on television with an opinion?”
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