ESPN’s top NFL play-by-play broadcaster Joe Buck said his now-wife, Michelle Beisner-Buck, thought he was “smug a–hole” before their first date.

During an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast Tuesday, Buck explained that his friend, fellow ESPN broadcaster Rich Eisen, introduced him to Beisner, who is a features reporter at the worldwide leader , and she was reluctant to go out with him.

“She saw me on a national car rental commercial and thought I looked like a smug a–hole,” Buck, 56, said, adding that he thought the same. “When I saw her, she was working for the NFL Network at the time and was standing against the wall. I was walking out of Mile High Stadium, and I saw her and I was like, ‘I think I’m gonna stalk that person,’ and I did.”

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