Watch this ESPN host narrowly avoid being canceled when he couldn’t hide his reaction to a gay kiss

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Harris Rigby

Jan 1, 2026

Scott Van Pelt is the face of SportsCenter on ESPN, and if you work for ESPN there's one rule you can never violate: Do not cross the woke mob.

[Warning: Gay stuff shoved right in our faces]

Yeah, live makeouts on SportsCenter! Get into it! Ohh! What are we d - What have we got? We've got love in the air!

It's okay, Scott. We all puked a little in our mouths as well.

He was SO close to saying "What are we doing?" which, in ESPN world, would result in an immediate firing (or, if he's lucky, an embarrassing apology tour for offending the LGBTQ+ community).

It was actually a smooth move. I give SVP credit.

Van Pelt let his honest and true feelings slip through for just a second and truly spoke for everyone who was tuning into SportsCenter at that moment.


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