ESPN's Stephen A Smith blasts Anthony Edwards text message leak: 'It's none of our damn business'

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ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith had a bigger issue with the drama surrounding Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards and text messages that were revealed on social media over the weekend.

In the texts with an Instagram model, Edwards appeared to encourage the woman to get an abortion and sent her $100,000. Edwards released a statement on the issue on Monday, saying he made the comments in the "heat of a moment" and was not trying to be that type of person.

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Stephen A. Smith looks on before the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers as part of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament on Dec. 7, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Mike Kirschbaum/NBAE via Getty Images)

Smith reacted to the controversy on "The Stephen A. Smith Show" and wondered whether there would be any repercussions for the woman exposing private messages.

"Let me say this, Anthony Edwards had to apologize because he is a public figure," he said. "Having said that, once again, here's the bigger lesson to be learned. Guard who you deal with. Once again, I'm singing that same old dance -- it's none of our damn business.

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"Who Anthony is screwing around with, who he impregnated. He has a relationship with this woman and she put him on blast. She took text messages and revealed them to the public. I'm starting to wonder what repercussions somebody can have for having their privacy violated. That's what I'm wondering about. I'm not casting any aspersions. We live in a society, ladies and gentleman, if Anthony