Stephen A. Smith has pulled a podcast episode and told Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert he was wrong after spreading false claims about their divorce.
The ESPN host owned up to the error in a video posted over the weekend and retracted words wrongly attributed to Shumpert, which made it seem the former NBA star had spoken against the mother of his children. The claims came up on “The Culture Table” as Smith and his guests talked about whether men could trust women with their money. Smith had claimed Taylor received $25 million and other assets while Shumpert was left with about $2 million and no home. Smith claims he spoke with Taylor himself and personally apologized to both her and Shumpert. As head of Straight Shooter Media, he took the blame, saying his team should have checked the claims before putting them on air.
In March 2025, Taylor challenged reports about the split, saying a judge split their assets and that she and her ex had not shared the deal online. She claimed Shumpert leaked sealed court records and said the stories fuelled attacks on her. His lawyer, Stephen C. Steele, denied that his client had given those details to the press.