ESPN star Dan Orlovsky savaged by NFL fans after bizarre question about how ‘black dudes smell’

ESPN’s NFL analyst drew the ire of sports fans across the country after a bizarre question he asked during an appearance on the network’s sports talk show ‘First Take’.

During a segment where ‘First Take’ host Stephen A. Smith listed off his five greatest fears – in homage to Halloween – Orlovsky decided to take the conversation in an entirely different direction.

‘Two questions, okay, and I probably shouldn’t ask the first one but I’m gonna ask it, because I’m dead serious – why do Black dudes smell better than White dudes?,’ Orlovsky asked.

The question led to a brief moment of silence on the set where Smith, co-host Molly Querim, and Jason McCourty all appeared stunned by the question. 

Fellow ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes, who was not in the studio but was on the show via a call, was seen fluttering her eyes in shock at the question.

Smith and McCourty both proceeded to answer the question – but not before social media picked up the clip and eviscerated Orlovsky.

‘The amount of cringe in the room once Dan said this was palpable. This is what ESPN has become,’ wrote one user on X, formerly Twitter.

Another user on the social media site said, ‘we as a society have moved past the need for Dan Orlovsky to be on television.’

‘I pray for the day ESPN stops allowing clown s**t like this,’ said another user.

Another wrote, ‘How much longer do we have to pretend this guy is normal or well-adjusted in any way? He’s f***ed!’

Orlovsky, a former NFL quarterback for over a decade, has been with ESPN for a number of years.

Not only is he on ESPN’s daily NFL studio show, ‘NFL Live’, but he’s also a color commentator with the company as a part of their No. 2 broadcast team.