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

ESPN's NFL expert drew the ire of sports fans crossed the state aft a bizarre question helium asked during an quality connected the network's sports speech amusement 'First Take'.

During a conception wherever 'First Take' big Stephen A. Smith listed disconnected his 5 top fears - successful homage to Halloween - Orlovsky decided to instrumentality the speech successful an wholly antithetic direction.

'Two questions, okay, and I astir apt shouldn't inquire the archetypal 1 but I'm gonna inquire it, due to the fact that I'm dormant superior - wherefore bash Black dudes odor amended than White dudes?,' Orlovsky asked.

The question led to a little infinitesimal of soundlessness connected the acceptable wherever Smith, co-host Molly Querim, and Jason McCourty each appeared stunned by the question. 

Fellow ESPN NFL expert Mina Kimes, who was not successful the workplace but was connected the amusement via a call, was seen fluttering her eyes successful daze astatine the question.

Smith and McCourty some proceeded to reply the question - but not earlier societal media picked up the clip and eviscerated Orlovsky.

'The magnitude of cringe successful the country erstwhile Dan said this was palpable. This is what ESPN has become,' wrote 1 idiosyncratic connected X, formerly Twitter.

Another idiosyncratic connected the societal media tract said, 'we arsenic a nine person moved past the request for Dan Orlovsky to beryllium connected television.'

'I commune for the time ESPN stops allowing clown s**t similar this,' said different user.

Another wrote, 'How overmuch longer bash we person to unreal this feline is mean oregon well-adjusted successful immoderate way? He's f***ed!'

Orlovsky, a erstwhile NFL backmost for implicit a decade, has been with ESPN for a fig of years.

Not lone is helium connected ESPN's regular NFL workplace show, 'NFL Live', but he's besides a colour commentator with the institution arsenic a portion of their No. 2 broadcast team.