Former NFLers Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, hosts of the favored podcast “Bussin With The Boys,” had been shocked to seek out out that their former boss Dave Portnoy was unaware that Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes has a problem with Barstool Sports activities.
The difficulty got here up after Portnoy went scorched earth on Lewan, who requested Mahomes throughout Tremendous Bowl Opening Evening if he can be extra inclined to seem on the present with its Barstool affiliation ending.
Mahomes indicated that it helped their probabilities and Portnoy launched into an express tirade towards Lewan insinuating that the podcast host was performing a lewd sexual act on the NFL star with Lewan’s phrasing of his query.
“I used to be shocked that he didn’t know Mahomes didn’t like Barstool,” Compton stated throughout an episode of “Bussin With The Boys” launched this week.
Lewan and Compton indicated that they’ve as soon as once more buried the hatchet with Portnoy after having dinner with him throughout Tremendous Bowl week, however couldn’t assist however be caught off guard about Portnoy’s lack of knowledge as to why Mahomes may not like his outlet.
“Dave didn’t perceive that Patrick is overtly not a fan of Barstool Sports activities,” Lewan stated. “And when he was confused about it, it’s like, ‘Dave, simply watch what your organization posts.’ As a result of it’s like one factor if the New York Instances or no matter is like, ‘Patrick Mahomes’ household may be a distraction for Patrick Mahomes and his success within the NFL.’ That might be a title {that a} mainstream firm would placed on.
“Barstool Sports activities can be like, ‘Patrick Mahomes’ brother ought to go to jail for the way in which he dances on TikTok.’ ‘His spouse’s a bitch.’ Simply saying tremendous, very Barstool issues. And so, clearly, he’s going to be upset by that. However as soon as Dave was like, ‘I didn’t know that Pat hated us, and Huge Cat actually instructed me,’ I used to be like, ‘Nicely, yeah, that’s the phrasing of the query.”
“Bussin With The Boys” shall be leaving Barstool and taking a sponsorship cope with FanDuel, although each Lewan and Compton had stated they didn’t wish to depart the Portnoy-owned firm.
The pair had believed it was a widely known reality throughout the firm that Mahomes wouldn’t seem on any Barstool-related applications, particularly after Dan Katz – higher often known as Barstool Huge Cat – had stated as a lot beforehand, Lewan believed.
“Once more, after we had been on the dinner with Dave, ‘I’m legitimately shocked you didn’t know he wasn’t messing with Barstool,’” Compton stated. “We had even gotten shut earlier than. So, that’s why even the context of the query, even on our story and journey with Mahomes, too; he was near approaching, and in the end, he was selecting to not do something Barstool-related.”
The consequence ended up being the graphic rant by Portnoy throughout Barstool’s “The Unnamed Present” the place he stated Lewan had Mahomes’ “c–ok down his throat.”
Lewan did counsel he may have worded his query to Mahomes in a different way and that he didn’t assume that the remark “was going to harm anybody’s emotions on the Barstool finish.”
“Actually, one hundred pc, that was a real thought course of. I reiterated that to Dave at dinner and truly despatched him a textual content on our flight again,” he stated. “Would by no means deliberately attempt to or harm the look of Barstool Sports activities, so Patrick Mahomes would come on our present. However within the phrases of Dave Portnoy, ‘Numbers are numbers.’ That s–t did go loopy.”
Whereas it wasn’t abundantly clear, it did seem to be the drama between the “Bussin With The Boys” podcast and Barstool Sports activities has come to a detailed.