Stephen A. Smith asked Megin Kelly one question after a false reaction to a false report that the Eagles had refused to visit the White House after beating the chief at Super Bowl 2025 this month.
In the article “” on TuesdayStephen A. Smith Show” The “first take” host asked, “Did you need that?”
His question was that after a political commentator told the Eagles to “go themselves” in an X-post. Reported by the US Sun It argues that members of players who are not praised as ownership in Philadelphia will refuse to go to the White House if their team is invited.
This work was published on February 6th. Three days before the Eagles took the New Orleans Chiefs to the top 40-22.
Kelly confirmed the White House on Monday. I refused to report Another thing I'll post it on x.
“Really? They don't feel Trump. So what?” Smith said Tuesday. “Over 74 million people didn't feel Trump. Those too? Come on, Megin.
“You don't need to do that. It's not necessary. By the way, if a team that doesn't want to appear in the White House is justified, then you'll be the Philadelphia Eagles.”
The Eagles did not accept an invitation to the White House during Trump's first presidency, after winning the Super Bowl in 2018.
Trump cancelled the team's invitation before the visit National Anthem Dispute -As some members of the roster that he won the Super Bowl at the time said, “Because they are against the president, they proudly insist that they hold hands, so they don't agree with their president.”
At the time, reports stated that many players refused to invite.
Smith, a guest on Kelly's Sirius XM show, added that he was a Kelly fan but disagreed with how she responded to the report.
On Tuesday, Trump said the Eagles will be invited to the White House after Super Bowl 2025 control.
“They will. We haven't done so yet, but we will.” Trump said Team invitation. “I thought it was a great performance for them. Absolutely, they'll be extended that invitation… We'll do it soon… They deserve to be here and we want to meet them.”
An Eagles source told CNN The team is “respected” to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
