""I was being facetious because it wasn't that big of a deal," Smith said. "In other words, Cam Newton is on national television. And your reaction was, 'I don't even know where he works.' I just didn't believe that. That's all. I wasn't calling him a 'liar' about anything else. Just that he didn't know where Cam works. But you are right, I don't know Drake Maye, I've never spoken to him. Again, I was being facetious. I wasn't being serious about that point.""
""If people want me to apologize for that, that's fine," Smith said. "I wasn't serious about him lying - I don't know whether he was lying or not. I just said, don't tell me know you don't know where Cam Newton was working. You don't know he's on First Take twice a week? I don't believe that. I just don't.""
Cam Newton appeared on First Take and called the New England Patriots 'fools gold' because of a weak schedule through 11 weeks. Drake Maye responded by emphasizing not listening to outside noise and by saying he did not know where Newton works. Stephen A. Smith reacted on ESPN by calling Maye a 'liar' for that comment, which generated social media criticism. Smith later clarified on his Sirius XM show that he was being facetious, apologized for the resulting stir, and said he did not seriously accuse Maye of lying about anything else.
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