ESPN Radio Host Heartened by Reaction to His Coming Out

Just one negative tweet.

At the recent NFL Combine, a member of the Atlanta Falcons asked Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple if he liked men. During a recent edition of “Mason & Ireland,” the popular weekday program on 710 ESPN Radio Los Angeles, Steve Mason instructed John Ireland to bring up that same question.

Mason has since done several interviews about his decision to come out publicly, including a May 27 conversation with KCRW news producer Darrell Satzman:

“In taking this [Apple] story, I asked John to ask me the same question… And of course I said, ‘Yes, I do like men.’

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