“Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Will Cain recently explained what made him make the jump from ESPN to Fox News.
His answer: “The direction of the country over the last six months … it really impacted my decision on what I want to be talking about every day.”
The state of the country was too important for him to stay at ESPN.
According to The New York Post:
But he also didn’t want to talk politics while his job was to cover sports.
“The direction of the country over the last six months … it really impacted my decision on what I want to be talking about every day,” he told Colin Cowherd on “The Herd” podcast.
And so Cain made the jump back to politics, leaving ESPN for Fox News’ “Fox & Friends Weekend,” five years after leaving the politics forum for sports. At ESPN, he hosted a daily radio show and appeared frequently on “First Take.” He was a conservative voice on a network known for left-leaning viewpoints. He didn’t hide it.
“Let me be honest with you about my biases, my beliefs,” Cain said. “I don’t want to hide them from you and in response I want to hear yours … the biggest mistake we can make is to box people out — tell them, ‘You’re wrong, you’re racist, you don’t belong in the conversation.’ That’s not what I wanted to do, I want to be honest about who I was and invite everybody else to tell me how I was wrong.”
Will tweeted about his decision:
Personal note: pic.twitter.com/3dAKBbYhky
— Will Cain (@willcain) June 26, 2020
His appearance on “The Herd” podcast with Colin Cowherd can be seen here:
Saturday Podcast. @willcain why did he leave ESPN? We don’t stick to sports. Why he likes Dak. And more. https://t.co/Tnp5Q5oIYE
— Colin Cowherd (@colincowherd) August 29, 2020
Cain also worked at CNN where he was a fill-in host for “In The Arena.”