Dave Portnoy, CEO of Barstool Sports, apologized to his employees for the reappeared comments he made to Colin Kaepernick after swearing not to bend the knee of the viral mob.
On Monday, Portnoy defiantly reacted to “Cancel Culture” when a 2016 clip from “The Rundown” by Barstool Sports was reinforced by critics who showed Portnoy how he was the then 49s quarterback from San Francisco with an “ISIS guy “compared and said he looked” Arabic. “
Defending what he said, insisting that it was “literally a joke from ‘The Office'” while recognizing that they wouldn’t be tasty today, and dismissed his critics, whom he thought were “haters” that had been with him for years wanted to get rid of.
At Thursday’s “emergency press conference”, however, Portnoy chose a completely different tone with a video message that was mainly aimed at his own employees.
“I really saw it as a pure stool hater … it’s more about how much they hate me. It’s the same thing they’ve been doing for two decades … and I didn’t want to apologize because I knew I was tried to be funny. I didn’t try to insult. The intention was to make people laugh, “said Portnoy. “Here’s what happened: Without my knowledge and something that I didn’t intend to do, I estranged many people who are now working for me.”
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The CEO of Barstool Sports said that his company has hired more minorities and women over the years. He said her supporters attacked her because of the statements, stressing that they should not “defend” him or work for the company.
“I did a very bad job in this first video, making it clear who I thought I was answering to, who were just bar stool haters,” continued Portnoy. “I don’t care what people who don’t know me think about me. I care a lot about people who know me and work at Barstool, and if they raise concerns and problems, I’ll always f- -in ‘ listen. And they raised the issues. They say, ‘You have to admit that this is f — in’ wrong ‘. “
“And guess I’m listening to what everyone in the room is saying. It’s one of the great developments at Barstool. Unlike at the beginning, I now have enough votes against where I can listen. And I listen to these guys, I want to have their backs and will learn and i will be better i will never do that again … i didnt know how much it cost i made this joke because it hung it to dry and i dont want to i wants everyone back to work for me. “
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He continued: “I should have had my back from the start and should have said: Yes, I wish I hadn’t said it was. I’m sorry, I said it, I did.” I’m sorry it offended people. I was just trying to be funny. I can’t apologize for my existence, but I can be better and I’ll be better for these guys … So to everyone who works for me, I want you to know that I have your back, and me wants this to be a place you can be proud of and if you are not this second we will get it We will get there because I am who I am and that should be Barstool Sports.
Former ESPN presenter Jemele Hill was one of Portnoy’s critics who reinforced his previous comments about Kaepernick and tweeted, “This is terrible, but think about the source.”
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After retweeting screenshots of Barstool’s coverage of Kaepernick over the years, Portnoy retaliated by retweeting a screenshot from a 2009 Hill tweet that Twitter users described as “transphobic”.
“My friends call him ‘Manny the Tranny’ … so inappropriate and funny,” wrote Hill.
Her tweet related to the doping scandal of former MLB player Manny Ramirez, in which he used a female fertility drug as a steroid.
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While Hill apologized for the tweet after intense setbacks, Portnoy aimed to break the culture.
“I’ve been doing this for two decades. I’ve made fun of every group of people, every race, every creed, every culture – you name it, we made jokes about it,” Portnoy said in a video message on Monday. “So when the No Fun Club, when the demolition culture wants to come back blog by blog, video by video, day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year, decade by decade and comb through everything we have.” ever said and done f — in, yes, you will find a few jokes that have missed the point that when things are said today, you would say ‘how did they f — in’ say that ? What are you idiots? ‘But times are changing, sensitivities are changing, cultures are changing. If you do it as long as we do, things will change!
