ESPN host Stephen A. Smith discussed late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's recent controversial monologue as he cried onstage about Trump's election win on Wednesday night. Kimmel said the election results would be bad for the people who voted against Trump, but also bad for the people who voted for Trump, “but they just don't know it yet.”

Smith, who is part of the same corporate umbrella as Kimmel at the Walt Disney Corporation, clarified that Kimmel's reaction does not reflect his own.

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ESPN's Stephen A. Smith told “The View” co-hosts that he sees Donald Trump's victory “still a mile away.” (Screenshot/ABC)

“That wouldn’t have been me,” Smith said when asked about it during an appearance on “The Will Cain Show” on Thursday. “It wouldn't have been an autopsy, I certainly wouldn't have cried. I’m not crying about Donald Trump being the president.”

Smith continued to illustrate a stark contrast between his own reaction to the news and Kimmel's. Smith praised Trump's previous handling of the economy during his first term, before COVID-19.

“The American people have spoken. You can say what you want, but this country has said we have gone too far to the left. Enough is enough. We have to stop this nonsense. It's about our wallets and it's about security. Point. And if you don't like it, get over it,” Smith said. “The bottom line is that the economy was doing well before COVID.”

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Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel cried on stage about Trump's victory. (ABC | Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Smith even suggested that the magnitude of Trump's victory and the margin by which he won was a good thing for the country. Trump won the popular vote and at least five of the seven key swing states as vote counting continues in Arizona and Nevada.

“But in the end, it's always good when the American people stand up and are just as united as they were in the last election… This is the American people saying, 'We don't like what we have, we want this.' And when you have that, you have to listen,” Smith said. “He didn’t win, he destroyed them. I mean, that was fun.”

Smith said that if he were in Kimmel's position, he would have simply tried to make the audience laugh, as is often expected of a late-night talk show host.

“So for me, I would have tried, because obviously it's late at night, I would have tried to be a little bit funny and humorous about it and let everyone know that it's not doom and gloom. We've dealt with a lot of this in our society and, no matter what you think, we'll be dealing with a lot more in the years to come, long after Donald Trump is gone.”

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump attend the Alfred E. Smith Foundation's annual dinner on October 17, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Smith previously spoke out against Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama in his own monologue on “The Stephen A. Smith Show” for “alienating” voters ahead of Tuesday's election.

Smith also claims he did not vote for Trump.

Meanwhile, Kimmel is one of the few mainstream entertainers to spread hysteria following Trump's stunning victory. He joins hip-hop artist Cardi-B, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, singer Billie Eilish and Whoopi Goldberg.

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