Dave Portnoy apologizes in the name of Barstool sports.
Duration An interview with Tom Llamas or NBC News on Thursday, Portnoy apologized to Mary Kate Cornett by Barstool sports employees by publishing about the false viral rumor that Ole Miss’s student had been her boyfriend’s father.
“I would apologize,” Portnoy told llamas after being what he would say to Cornett. “I understand why the family is angry.”
Cornett has been thrown into the public eye during the last month after the Spross Spross rumor multiple sports media platforms, even by members of the Portnoy Barrstool sports.
Charles Nicholas Longley, who goes through “Nicky Smokes,” published Comments on Cornett in an official social media account by Barrstool Sports, according to the Daily Mail.
In addition to Longley, Barstool employees Kevin Clancy, also known as KFC, and Jack “Jack Mac” McGuire made comments on the rumor.
“I thought they were really stupid,” Portnoy told NBC about Barrstool Sports employees that amplify the un verified rumors.
“For me, I have my leg doing this for a long time and I thought it was clearly a false story,” Portnoy continued. “I thought we were better than that.”
Portnoy denied that his company spread the rumors on the platforms owned by Barstool when the story first exploded in February.
“Barrstool Sports did not mention or spread this rumor in any of our Barstool -owned channels as far as I know,” Portnoy said in February. “Our editors instinctively made the decision to avoid this story, it seemed that there was a high probability that it could be manufactured. If I am wrong, I am happy to see where it was published and visit again.”
Regarding Clancy’s video, Portnoy said: “We do not control the personal social of our employees. Whatever they publish on their own is their own thing.”
Outside or Barstool, Pat McAfee also promoted false history in its program, which is transmitted in ESPN.
Mcafee made his first public comments on the duration of the incident his live program “Big Night Aht” on Wednesday after he previously traced silently, he thought he did not use Cornett’s name.
“Like the current situation that is happening, where I have many people who say that it should be sued,” said McAFee. “I mean this: never, I never want to be part of anything negative in anyone’s life.
“We will try to solve that and do some kind of silver lining in a very terrible situation. You can have that promise of mine.”
Cornett told NBC News last week that Mcafee never asked about the validity of the story.
Since then, the 19 -year -old has threatened legal actions against McAfee and ESPN for her role in disseminating rumors about her.
“I thought it was absolutely ridiculous that a station SPN Sports was talking about the ‘sexual scandal’ of a 19 -year -old girl who was completely false,” he said.
