Dave Portnoy Just Went Totally Berserk on a 6ABC Reporter
"Fuck ABC," says Portnoy. "I forgot how much I hate journalists like this fucking piece of shit."
Dave Portnoy pointing his finger at a 6ABC reporter who was conducting a remote interview with him (image via video, embedded below)
All this Dave Portnoy news has almost made me forget about this woman. Almost.
No sooner did I hit publish on this morning’s column about the antisemitic incident at Barstool Sansom Street (you can read all about that here), and I get hit with a tip that owner Dave Portnoy just totally lost it on a 6ABC reporter who was trying to interview him just after 7 a.m. today. And it turns out… he sure did!
It’s unclear at this time who the reporter was. What is clear is that the station reached out to Barstool Sports mogul Portnoy to interview him about the aforementioned issue, and he agreed to do the interview. But Portnoy claims in the video he posted later that the station pulled a bait-and-switch on him, substituting one reporter for the other at the last minute.
The interview was done remotely. And someone who was in the room with Portnoy started shooting video of Portnoy at the laptop at some point during the video. It appears that the reporter cited a journal article about hate in America. Portnoy wanted to know the exact source, telling the reporter, “that sounds like a made up thing.” She offers to send him the article and then accuses him of wasting time.
“Who’s creating more hate in the world right now, Barstool Sports and white men, or college campuses?” he asks her. There’s a long pause. And he says, “That was a question to you.” She responded: “I’m the journalist. I’m asking.” “I don’t play by those rules,” retorts Portnoy. “What does that mean? You’re a journalist? I’m a journalist.” There’s some more back and forth. She tells him, “You’re not running this interview.” And then he shuts the laptop, calling her a “fucking asshole.”
“Fuck ABC,” Portnoy told his followers in a video he posted. (You can see his video here.) “I forgot how much I hate journalists like this fucking piece of shit.”
6ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the Dave Portnoy interview.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the antisemitic incident that took place at Portnoy’s bar on Saturday.
