Barstool Sports fired its host Ben Mintz said the slur out loud while reading the lyrics of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony song “1st of tha Month” on Monday.
, saying he had “never felt worse about anything.” “I apologize for my actions. I am truly sorry & ashamed of myself.” Portnoy later said the decision to fire Mintz was made by Penn Entertainment, the company that owns Barstool Sports. “I hate the decision.
I disagree with the decision,” Portnoy told the. He said Penn’s decision was informed by fears that not doing so could imperil the company’s gambling licenses. “I would not have made the decision,” Portnoy added. “But I don’t deal with the things Penn deals with in terms of state regulators etc.”
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