Sage Steele

And this was how quick, a couple of months. So I just wanted to wait, but I had three kids, um, And they had recently gone through a divorce. Financial responsible for everybody. And I felt at that moment I didn't have a choice. And someone said, religious exemption. And I'm like, but it has nothing to do with my religion. So I didn't want to, I wanted to be honest about my why.

And this was how quick, a couple of months. So I just wanted to wait, but I had three kids, um, And they had recently gone through a divorce. Financial responsible for everybody. And I felt at that moment I didn't have a choice. And someone said, religious exemption. And I'm like, but it has nothing to do with my religion. So I didn't want to, I wanted to be honest about my why.

Get a medical exemption. Well, it isn't, I don't have anything wrong that I know of. This is just wrong and it's my body, my choice, correct? Sometimes. So.

Get a medical exemption. Well, it isn't, I don't have anything wrong that I know of. This is just wrong and it's my body, my choice, correct? Sometimes. So.

Right, right. So I fought it and fought it. And then at the end of the day, I ended up going. And I remember sitting in the parking lot of the grocery store that I had to go in and probably have someone off the street put a shot in my arm. And I just prayed and said, please, Lord. Let this just go right through my body. Let it be nothing, just water that she's putting in me.

Right, right. So I fought it and fought it. And then at the end of the day, I ended up going. And I remember sitting in the parking lot of the grocery store that I had to go in and probably have someone off the street put a shot in my arm. And I just prayed and said, please, Lord. Let this just go right through my body. Let it be nothing, just water that she's putting in me.

And I remember sitting down and I walked in and sat down and she looked at me and my eyes were red. And she said, are you okay? And I said, no, I'm being forced to take this shot to keep my job. And I just cried like a little baby. And she looked at me and she said, this is so wrong. And I'm so sorry.

And I remember sitting down and I walked in and sat down and she looked at me and my eyes were red. And she said, are you okay? And I said, no, I'm being forced to take this shot to keep my job. And I just cried like a little baby. And she looked at me and she said, this is so wrong. And I'm so sorry.

And then she held my hand and with her other hand, I don't know how accurate it was, put the needle in my arm. And I can honestly say, it gets me choked up to say it. Something changed in me at that moment because I'd never been forced to do anything to my body. And there was like a little, I think in hindsight, some rage in me.

And then she held my hand and with her other hand, I don't know how accurate it was, put the needle in my arm. And I can honestly say, it gets me choked up to say it. Something changed in me at that moment because I'd never been forced to do anything to my body. And there was like a little, I think in hindsight, some rage in me.

And then it was over and I got in my car and I raced home because I had promised Jay Cutler to go on that podcast. And I had forgotten that I had a Band-Aid on my shoulder because I was shaking and berating myself for caving. I was embarrassed and I was ashamed. Um, and he brought it up on the podcast and I was like, yeah, I, I took it.

And then it was over and I got in my car and I raced home because I had promised Jay Cutler to go on that podcast. And I had forgotten that I had a Band-Aid on my shoulder because I was shaking and berating myself for caving. I was embarrassed and I was ashamed. Um, and he brought it up on the podcast and I was like, yeah, I, I took it.

I said, I think it's sick and scary for any employer to force their employee to do anything to their body, but it is a global company. We are owned by Walt Disney, the Walt Disney company. And, um, I understand onward. That's what I said.

I said, I think it's sick and scary for any employer to force their employee to do anything to their body, but it is a global company. We are owned by Walt Disney, the Walt Disney company. And, um, I understand onward. That's what I said.

I found out that it was not okay to say that, according to my employers, and I was called in within days of it dropping, well, within minutes of it dropping, days later, and basically pulled off the air, suspended off the air for 12 days, forced to publicly apologize where they said I'd get fired. My agent said that.

I found out that it was not okay to say that, according to my employers, and I was called in within days of it dropping, well, within minutes of it dropping, days later, and basically pulled off the air, suspended off the air for 12 days, forced to publicly apologize where they said I'd get fired. My agent said that.

And when I say public apology, it's a very long statement that I spoke ill of the company. And then, of course, they passed it on to the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune and every single web service to crush me, to embarrass me, and then followed it up with, while we believe in diversity of thought... We're in a suspender.

And when I say public apology, it's a very long statement that I spoke ill of the company. And then, of course, they passed it on to the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune and every single web service to crush me, to embarrass me, and then followed it up with, while we believe in diversity of thought... We're in a suspender.

So they didn't call it a suspension because I was paid. Paid suspension happens in sports all the time. I was taken off the air and forced to pause. I was willing to let it go, Charlie, because I was scared and they scared me and that I wouldn't be able to feed my family and support my family. So what do you do? You do what it takes.

So they didn't call it a suspension because I was paid. Paid suspension happens in sports all the time. I was taken off the air and forced to pause. I was willing to let it go, Charlie, because I was scared and they scared me and that I wouldn't be able to feed my family and support my family. So what do you do? You do what it takes.