Michele Tafoya called her final NFL game at Super Bowl LVI this past Sunday and wasted little time in her next career that is sure to be drenched in controversy.
The longtime sideline reporter has decided to alter her career path and enter the realm of politics. Less than 24 hours after her retirement from broadcasting, Tafoya joined The Megyn Kelly Show and gave her opinion on former NFL quarterback turned political activist Colin Kaepernick.
“If he really, really wanted — If the one thing he wanted in this life was to be a starting quarterback in the NFL, he’d be one right now, given that he had the talent,” she said on Monday. “But, he made some business decisions… I think he knew what he was risking and I think that there are some legitimate complaints about race in the NFL and everywhere else in America — but that’s not why Colin Kaepernick’s not in the NFL.”
She was immediately trashed online for what she said:
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On Wednesday night, she appeared on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools:
“My son’s first best friend was a little African-American boy. They were inseparable. Get to a certain age they start having what’s called an affinity group, which means you go for lunch and pizza with people who look like you … At kids in school, there is a big, big focus on the color of your skin and my children … Why are we even teaching that the color of the skin matters? Because to me, what matters is your character and your values.
… I don’t care if I’m attacked. I really am not afraid of that, and I guess I feel like so many people now are afraid. Yeah. And I’m not. Listen, I know there are repercussions for whatever I choose to say. And I’ve talked to my kids’ school about it. You know, please don’t hold this against my kids. I’m speaking for me. I’m speaking for my family. But please don’t hold this against my kids.”
