Our two Sean Hannity show toll free. It's 800 nine four one Sean if you want to be a part of the program on this Friday

I will gonna take a little a little break much needed break from everything that's going on with top-secret classified

Information hypocrisy medium mob insanity

And we're gonna talk to our friend. It's an honor. It's a privilege. It's a pleasure to have in studio somebody who's a really

Genuinely a great friend of mine. Some of they have enormous respect for

But we are friends. He's taking a lot of crap for that more than I've had to take for being his friend. I don't know why

Stephen A Smith is with us

What's up buddy? You got your new book out. It's called Straight Shooter. Yeah a memoir of second chances and first takes

And by the way, I want everyone to know it's available on amazon.com

Hannity.com bookstores everywhere and now before I get into this book shocked me and I read a cover to cover and I'm I don't get

Shocked often my first question is when did we first yet to know each other because I don't remember. I'm trying to think listen

During 2009 when ESPN let me go. I was doing I was on the circuit, you know

Fox MSNBC and I was all over the place and I was doing interviews because I was thinking about a career that expanded beyond

the world of sports and

You know, I used to be on ABC radio and stuff like that and then you had me on and I you offended you

Yes, you did what you did that is true

You absolutely defended me with some of the controversies that I have been involved in in the years that followed

But at that particular moment of time I go on the air with you and I'm going back and forth that you about my opinions

What are you like wait a minute this guy's not off his rock?

You thought I was going to be some left some some left wing zealot or whatever and you found out that listen

I'm an independent. Yeah, I've got some left wing views about things and I've got some things and I'm conservative about and so all of a sudden

We could have a discussion and it was an

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