Keith Olbermann offers to help Disney-owned ESPN fight Sage Steele lawsuit

OutKick's Clay Travis reacts to the sports media giant suspending the anchor for making comments over vaccine mandate for the company, calling it 'sick and scary'

Left-wing journalist Keith Olbermann has offered to help ESPN management in its legal battle with Sage Steele, who is suing the Disney-owned company after she was benched for remarks criticizing vaccine mandates and former President Barack Obama.

Steele suggested on former NFL player Jay Cutler's "Uncut" podcast that she was forced to get the COVID vaccine for fear of losing her job.

"I didn’t want to do it. But I work for a company that mandates it and I had until September 30 to get it done, or I’m out," Steele told Cutler in September. 

SAGE STEELE SUES ESPN, ALLEGES NETWORK VIOLATED FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AFTER SHE SLAMMED VACCINE MANDATE

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 13: Sage Steele speaks onstage during the Players Tailgate by Bullseye Event Group on February 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Bullseye Event Group) (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Bullseye Event Group)

In another instance, Steele spoke about wanting the option to fill out multiple races on the U.S. Census form instead of a single race. 

"If they make you choose a race, she's like ‘What are you going to put?’ And I go, ‘Both.’ And she's like, ‘Well, you can’t,'" Steele said. "She goes, 'Barack Obama chose Black, and he's biracial.' And I'm like, ‘Congratulations to the president. That’s his thing. I think that's fascinating considering his Black dad was nowhere to be found and his White mom and grandma raised him, but hey, you do you. I'm gonna do me.'"

The Wall Street Journal first reported that Steele filed a lawsuit against the famed