Tomi Lahren has publicly responded to former ESPN personality Jemele Hill, defending the reporting practices of OutKick and expressing support for WNBA player Sophie Cunningham.
Lahren addressed two prominent sports narratives this week on her platforms. First, she commented on Hill's criticism of OutKick for reporting on ESPN's talent lineup changes, including layoffs that affected Ryan Clark and Cam Newton. Lahren stated that while some break news, others, like Hill, react negatively to it. She also criticized Hill's past commentary, suggesting it was too controversial even for ESPN.
"Jemele is so pissed that OutKick got the scoop on ESPN's talent lineup changes," Lahren said. "Well, sorry Jemele, some people break the news, OutKick, and some people break down because of the news. That'd be you."
Lahren also backed Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham for her statements on protecting women's sports. Cunningham had reiterated her support for women's sports being exclusively for biological women and girls, a stance that drew significant backlash from parts of the media. Lahren commended Cunningham for speaking her mind and for not retracting her statement when faced with criticism.
"Good for her because she did two things that are very important in this conversation," Lahren remarked. "First, she said what should be common sense: women's sports should be for women and girls' sports should be for girls. ... But perhaps even more impressive is that she didn't back down. She didn't retract her statement when the woke mob came for her."
Lahren characterized Cunningham as one of the few active professional female athletes willing to take a public stand on such issues, despite the potential social and political risks. OutKick founder Clay Travis reportedly described Lahren's response to Hill as being "off the top rope."