This week, Molly Qerim had to defend herself against Stephen A. Smith on First Take after he questioned her choice of attire.

Smith, joining remotely, joked about Qerim’s outfit while she was on set in New York alongside Mike Tannenbaum and Kimberley Martin. After Qerim introduced her co-hosts, Smith gave his usual playful greeting but quickly turned the moment into a backhanded comment, reminding Martin he had a duty to be sitting in his usual chair.

This week, Molly Qerim had to defend herself against Stephen A. Smith on television. She clapped out at her co-host of “First Take” after he questioned her choice of attire.

Stephen A. joined via remote connection, and Qerim, Mike Tannenbaum, and Kimberley Martin were all present on the set in New York. She introduced the previously mentioned duo, to which he gave his customary response before reminding Martin that he had a duty to sit in his chair.

Then he turned his attention to his longstanding employee, observing that her current attire matched her dress from the previous day. He said,

“To the matriarch herself,” “Molly, you know what you’re doing. All I want to say is, that the color that you’re rocking today… is similar to the color you was rocking yesterday.”

Molly Qerim responds to Stephen A. Smith’s comments on her outfit

Wearing a light blue fit, Qerim did have on a similar color the day before, but she shot back at Smith, bringing up a very good point. She said,

“Stephen A.,”

“I just have to say one thing to this man. We do this television show year-round. How many shows a year, 180 shows a year?”

“No, it’s a minimum of 220,” “Okay, 220,”  “220 shows a year, right? That’s within our contract. There’s only so many colors! There’s only so many things a person can wear!”