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Stephen A. Smith publicly apologized to Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert after his show aired inaccurate financial claims about their divorce. He acknowledged problems with the sourcing, clarified that Shumpert never made the statements attributed to him, and said the episode was removed.

Taylor had personally disputed the reported figures, prompting Smith to correct the record and acknowledge that Straight Shooter Media fell short of its standards for fairness and accuracy.

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00:00Stephen A. Smith apologizes to Iman Shumpert and Tayana Taylor for airing false divorce figures.
00:07Stephen A. Smith has issued a formal on-camera apology to Iman Shumpert and Tayana Taylor
00:13after admitting he spread false claims about their divorce.
00:16On a recent episode of his show The Culture Table, Smith said,
00:20Taylor walked away with $25 million and $10 million in properties
00:24and claimed Shumpert was left with roughly $2 million and nowhere to live.
00:31None of it was true.
00:32The episode has now been taken down.
00:35Smith recorded the correction alone in his studio, citing fairness, accuracy, and decency.
00:41He revisited his original claims, noting that the false figures had spread widely online,
00:47tied to quotes attributed to Shumpert.
00:49Those statements were inaccurate, and I want to sincerely apologize to both Iman Shumpert and Tayana Taylor, Smith said.
00:57His closing message was aimed at viewers.
01:00A claim does not become a fact simply because it has been repeated or attributed to a public figure.
01:06Taylor personally confirmed the figures were false in a direct conversation with Stephen A.
01:11and Shumpert never made the statements credited to him.
01:14Smith expressed regret that the segment suggested Shumpert had publicly disparaged the mother of his children.
01:20Straight Shooter Media and I, as the CEO, have a responsibility to ensure that information presented is properly sourced, Smith
01:27said.
01:28We didn't meet that standard here, plain and simple.
01:31Shumpert and Taylor, married in 2016, share two daughters,
01:36and finalized their divorce in Fulton County, Georgia, in July 2024.
01:41In the settlement, Taylor received several homes, a one-time seven-figure payment, certain vehicles, and her business interests.
01:50Shumpert kept a Miami condo and other Georgia properties, while child support was set at $8,000 a month.
01:57The correction arrived just days after Smith issued a separate public apology
02:02over remarks about Philadelphia Eagles tackle Lane Johnson's mid-season retirement for mental health reasons.
02:08Two corrections in one week drew attention to verification practices across Smith's platforms.
02:15The original episode will not return, but Smith said the apology video will remain available.

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