Stephen A. Smith claims that he cannot imagine Skip Bayless being capable of the alleged misconduct based on his twenty-five-year acquaintance with him.

“I've known skip for just as long I can't imagine it I can't imagine it especially when they brought up the and a half million dollars the skip Bayers I know has a hard time giving away $15 he's one of the cheapest people I know”

Tori Cooper maintains that she is not shocked by the allegation that women in the industry might advise others to stay silent to keep their jobs.

“I will say that luckily I was in a room where someone was telling me to come forward but I am not shocked that other women would essentially say look it's not you're you're dealing with Fox this is a huge corporation keep your hair stylish job don't speak up just try to let it go and you know I I wo”