Ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele revealed that an interview she conducted with President Joe Biden had been scripted “to the word” and that she was told not to deviate from her script at all during the segment.

The interview in question happened on March 31, 2021, approximately two months after the president began his term in the White House. In reflecting on her interview, Steele described it as “an interesting experience in its own right” because of how scripted it was.