Stephen A. Smith is inarguably ESPN’s biggest on-air personality, but he is also one of the industry’s most polarizing voices. He can be famously combative and boisterous, and sometimes engages in personal feuds with other sports figures such as LeBron James and fellow commentator Jason Whitlock.

For his part, Smith responded on his radio show.

“Respectfully, disagree, and still remain pretty salty about what you said about us,” Smith said.

Smith has recently been mulling a foray into politics.

“I’m a registered Independent. I don’t like either party,” Smith said during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in July. “And I think that part of the problems that exist, a large part of the problems that exist in this country, is because both sides have been so polarizing that it forces you, as an American citizen, if you out here busy busting your tail every day, trying to make ends meet, trying to pay, take care of your family, your loved ones, etc., etc., you don’t have the time to know all the intricate issues, all the integral issues.”