Brace yourselves. Go ahead and take a seat for this, and then take a deep breath. You ready?

ESPN’s holier-than-thou debate show, ‘First Take,’ was forced to discuss the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini news this morning. I know. Wild stuff. I can’t believe those saints would dive into this scandalous story.

Will Stephen A. Smith be OK? Will host Shae Cornette be able to sleep tonight?

I don’t know. Thoughts and prayers to the World Wide Leader. They had to finally cover the BIGGEST STORY IN THE NFL FROM THE PAST MONTH! God forbid.

Before we dive in, here’s the clip from this morning’s show, which aired mere hours after Vrabel announced he would be skipping Day 3 of the NFL Draft for some self-help:

My God. What world am I living in here? Really? First Take is really above covering the Vrabel-Russini drama?

Since when?

This is the same show that features Mad Dog Russo screaming like a maniac into the camera every week, right?

The same one where Stephen A. wears a cowboy hat on set 14 times a season just to piss off Dallas fans?

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The same one where Cam Newton had some weird, fake drama with Drake Maye all of last season?

Get outta here! And now, they’re just disgusted because they have to address an NFL coach leaving his team during the draft to seek therapy because he was caught canoodling with a reporter? THAT’s where First Take draws the line?

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“Why can’t you be away on Monday? Why does this have to become my business? I don’t want this to be my business. I didn’t want any of this to be my business, quite frankly.”

So sorry, Shae, that Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini inconvenienced your perfect little show. Sorry they interrupted the constant LeBron/Cowboys talk. Sorry Mike didn’t hold off on the therapy until Monday so you could avoid talking about it on your show.

The show, by the way, where you get PAID to talk about the biggest sports topics of the day.

Hilarious. It’s just amazing.

ESPN never disappoints.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was confronted in a new interview over campaigning with Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine who has come under fire over having a tattoo viewed as a Nazi symbol among other controversies, and saying that he’s her “kind of man.”

CNBC host Sara Eisen pressed Warren during “Squawk on the Street” Wednesday about her support for Platner, saying, “This is a guy that had a chest tattoo with a Nazi symbol. OK, he apologized for it. It’s a guy that reportedly wrote that people concerned about rape should take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f—ed up that they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to. He praised military tactics used by Hamas, reportedly in comments online, and read it when they were murdering Israeli soldiers. So I’m just curious why you think he’s your kind of man?”

Warren responded, “So, as you rightly point out, he has apologized. He’s out meeting with the people of Maine every single day so they can evaluate not who Graham Platner was, but who Graham Platner is today.”

The liberal senator went on to explain the context of her comment and said at first she didn’t know anything about Platner.

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“I’m reading an interview with him, and he’s asked, ‘When did you first know that the game was rigged?’ And he harks back to the 2008 crash, when 10 million families lost their homes, when 8 million people lost their jobs, when millions of people lost their savings, and when big banks cheated folks, when non-bank financial institutions tricked them, robbed them of their homes, and Graham Platner’s answer on when he knew the game was rigged was when not one banker went to jail. And I said, ‘That’s my kind of man,’” Warren said.

Eisen pushed back further and asked whether the Democrats wanted to be the “party of inclusivity.”

“I want to be the party that stands up for hard-working people,” Warren said. “I want to be the party that is transformative of an economy that right now is hip-deep in corruption and an economy that’s working for a handful of billionaires and multi-multi-multimillionaires and not working for much of anyone else, I want us to be the party that actually delivers on lowering costs and that expands opportunities. And that’s what Graham Platner wants to do. And I’m there to stand with him and to help in that fight.”

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Warren joined Platner in Portland, Maine, on Saturday, where she said he was her “kind of man.”

Maine’s Democratic primary is June 9, with Platner working to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November’s general election. Platner is running against Maine Gov. Janet Mills for the party’s nomination in an effort to unseat Collins, a moderate swing vote in the Senate.

Platner’s past controversies have been political fodder for the Mills campaign, including directing voters to his decade-old Reddit posts in which he appeared to place blame on sexual assault victims and defended Hamas military moves, among other messages from the 2013 and 2014 era. Platner also came under fire for having a chest tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol, which he has since apologized for and covered.  

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Fox News’ Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report.

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

A paranormal content creator and author who rose to online fame by posting UFO content online died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, according to Colorado authorities.

David Wilcock, 53, died on Monday, April 20, the Boulder County Coroner’s Office said in a news release. 

Authorities initially responded to a 911 call from a home outside of Nederland regarding an individual experiencing a mental health crisis around 10:45 a.m. the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Upon arriving at the scene, officers encountered Wilcock holding a weapon while outside the house. 

“Within minutes of deputies’ arrival,” Wilcock “used the weapon on himself,” officials said.

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No other individuals were found inside the residence and authorities said there was no known threat to the public. 

Wilcock was a prominent figure in the online UFO disclosure movement, which centers around the belief that the U.S. government is withholding information regarding extraterrestrial life from its citizens.

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He boasted hundreds of thousands of followers on both YouTube and Facebook, and would often partake in livestreamed discussions in which he detailed his claims surrounding UFO research and discovery. 

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Wilcock made regular appearances on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens show and authored several books, including New York Times bestsellers The Synchronicity Key and The Source Field Investigations.

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On April 18, Wilcock posted to X telling his followers that he may not be releasing a show the following day, adding he “had some very intense stuff going on this weekend.” 

“Always remember that the Creator is within – and we live in a loving universe,” Wilcock added. “I am very grateful to you for all of your love, care and support.”

Wilcock addressed suicide in a post on X, then known as Twitter, on Dec. 11, 2022, when he wrote: “I plan on LIVING. Not suicidal at all. Just concerned about what happens when you prove God is real.”