Barstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy has revealed that he rejected a request from vice president Kamala Harris‘s campaign to appear on one of the media company’s popular podcast shows.
Portnoy claimed that the Democratic candidate, who recently appeared on Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy,’ asked to be featured on three of Barstool’s podcasts or personalities’ platforms, including ‘BFFs’, ‘Jack Mac’ and ‘Pardon My Take’.
However, the 47-year-old confessed during an appearance on ‘The Unnamed Show’ he couldn’t remember if he even responded to the Vice President’s team.
The American businessman has been outspoken in his criticism of Harris on social media and has supported Trump’s candidacy for the White House ever since his preferred candidate, Nikki Haley, dropped out of the Republican primary.
But he admitted that he would also turn down requests from Harris’s rival for the White House.
‘They reached out – who knows if they would have even researched it,’ Portnoy said, referring to Harris’s camp.
‘They asked to do BFF, Jack Mac, which is just nuts, and PMT [Pardon My Take],’ he continued, listing three of Barstool’s top shows. ‘I don’t even know if I got back to them.’
However, Portnoy did then admits that he was aware that ‘Pardon My Take’ had declined and that he had rejected the offer on behalf of ‘BFFs’, the podcast he hosts alongside Brianna LaPaglia – popularly known as Brianna Chickenfry – and TikTok influencer Josh Richards.
‘First of all, I don’t think I’d want to do it,’ Portnoy explained. ‘Second of all, if I were going to do it, I wouldn’t do it with other people because my opinions on politics aren’t theirs.’
‘My issue with Trump or Kamala,’ he continued, making a conscious effort to correct his pronunciation of Harris’s first name, ‘is, if you’re asking people things and they’re answering them and you don’t know if the answers are true or not and you don’t have enough information to push back, that I don’t like.
‘I’m just not deep enough and you don’t know what to believe. I don’t want to be lied to and not have ammunition.’
‘BFFs’, which discusses all things pop culture, has 576,000 subscribers on YouTube, while sports show ‘Pardon My Take’ has 577,000.
Meanwhile, Jack Mac is a college football and gambling blogger and social media intern at Barstool, who has over 1 million followers across all social media platforms.
Just last week, Portnoy launched a blistering attack on Harris in a six-minute-long rant for what he characterized as the ‘gaslighting’ of her record.
In an online tirade, during which he warned listeners about celebrity endorsements, Portnoy told his 3.2 million followers she is the ‘worst candidate to ever run for president, ever.’
Portnoy began by apologizing for unleashing a rant about politics, explaining that he tries ‘not to,’ but he ‘hit the boiling point’ after listening to some recent Harris interviews.
‘And it’s the gaslighting that the Left is doing with Kamala Harris, making it sound like she’s some great, ground-breaking candidate,’ Portnoy said.
As Portnoy sees it, the Democratic nominee is trying to define herself as a candidate for change, while insisting that she agrees with President Joe Biden ‘s decisions since 2020.
‘This is the sitting Vice President of the United States saying she is the candidate for change,’ he said.
Portnoy then described the problems facing the United States, much of which he blames on the Biden-Harris administration.
‘On the world stage, Afghanistan was a disaster, the Middle East is basically in flames, he said.
‘Then on the homeland, inflation is out of control, people are burning American flags in the street, defunding the police, law and order doesn’t even seem to matter anymore, you got the border.
‘So many issues.’
As Portnoy sees it, there are only two voters in 2024: Those who hate Trump and those who love him.
Those who hate Trump, Portnoy explained, would vote for ‘a potato or a head of lettuce or anything.’
Harris, he claimed, is irrelevant in the eyes of voters and he used her decision to drop out of the 2020 primary as proof.
‘There’s a reason when she ran for president last time,’ he said. ‘She didn’t get one vote. She dropped out before the primaries.’
Harris has made attempts to appeal to the younger demographic of the electorate by appearing on mainstream podcasts as the Race to the White House has heated up in recent weeks.
The vice president sat down on popular podcaster Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ last month, sparking severe backlash towards the 30-year-old media personality from her listeners.
Some viewers criticized the interview for its ‘softball’ questioning and lack of focus on two issues Harris is seemingly weak on – the war in Gaza and the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene.
Meanwhile, Harris also discussed marijuana and racial identity on ‘All The Smoke’ – the podcast hosted by former NBA stars Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson.
