ESPN personalities like Mina Kimes, Laura Rutledge, and Kendrick Perkins have social media upset over Solitaire.

It all started on Monday when Papaya Gaming named Stephen A. Smith the company’s official ambassador for the first-ever World Solitaire Championship in February.

This partnership might seem unlikely, but it comes months after he was caught playing Solitaire on his phone at Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

On that same day, Smith posted an AI-generated ad on social media promoting Papaya’s mobile game Solitaire Cash.

“Y’all really mad I was playing Solitaire during the Finals? Maybe ask yourself why. Join now for the first time ever — World Solitaire Championship,” Smith said in his advertising announcement.

He was far from being the only ambassador named in the announcement.

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