Barstool founder Dave Portnoy said parent company, Penn Entertainment, forced him fire personality Ben Mintz for accidentally rapping the “n-word.'
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy talks with Brian Kilmeade about tonight’s Super Bowl game and Tom Brady’s retirement, saying, ‘Barstool may not be where it is without Brady.’said parent company, Penn Entertainment, forced him fire popular personality Ben Mintz for rapping the"n-word" during a live show because it feared government retaliation.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said parent company, Penn Entertainment, forced him fire popular personality Ben Mintz for accidently rapping the"n-word" during a live show because it feared government retaliation. "There was no hatred behind it, no nothing. Still awful, but not in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be sitting here being like, ‘We had to fire Ben Mintz,’" Portnoy said."Penn felt differently. Penn felt differently and I’m stunned by it, and I’ve been fighting tooth and nail, as has Erika, as has Dan, to keep Ben and say this is the wrong decision but Penn operates in a world that we don’t operate in.
Portnoy, who is regularly attacked by the mainstream media, doesn’t believe the"punishment fits the crime" but explained Penn honchos were deeply concerned about potential consequences. "Penn’s a billion-dollar company, a multi-billion dollar company, without their licenses they are a zero-dollar company," he said."Investors, families, employees, thousands of people, they feel it’s their job to protect all of this and the only answer is to fire Ben Mintz.
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