Dave Portnoy rejected Kamala Harris interview requests – and insists he’d turn Donald Trump down too
Barstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy has revealed that he has turned down a request from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to appear on one of the media company’s popular podcast shows.
Portnoy alleged that the Democratic candidate, who recently appeared on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy,” asked to appear on three of Barstool’s podcasts, including “BFFs,” “Jack Mac” and “Pardon My Take.”
However, the 47-year-old admitted during an appearance on The Named Show that he couldn’t remember if he had even responded to the vice president’s team.
The American businessman, who has been outspoken in his opposition to Harris on social media, admitted that he would also reject requests from her rival for the White House, Donald Trump.
“They reached out — who knows if they had even investigated it,” Portnoy said, referring to Harris’ camp.
Dave Portnoy claimed he turned down interview requests from Vice President Kamala Harris
“They asked to do BFF, Jack Mac, which is just crazy, and PMT [Pardon My Take]he continued, listing three of Barstool’s top shows. “I don’t even know if I contacted them.”
However, Portnoy subsequently admits that he was aware that Pardon My Take had been rejected and that he had declined 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 would want to do it,” Portnoy explained. “Second, if I were to do it, I wouldn’t do it with other people because my views on politics are not theirs.”
“My problem with Trump or Kamala,” he continued, making a conscious effort to correct his pronunciation of Harris’ first name, “is that when you ask people things and they answer them and you don’t know if the answers are true be or not and you don’t have enough information to push back, I don’t like that.
‘I’m just not deep enough and you don’t know what to believe. I don’t want to be lied to and have no ammunition.’
Just last week, Portnoy launched a blistering attack on Harris in a six-minute tirade for what he characterized as the “gaslighting” of her record.
In an online rant warning listeners about celebrity endorsements, Portnoy told his 3.2 million followers that she is the “worst candidate to ever run for president.”
The businessman claimed the vice president contacted three Barstool podcasts
Portnoy began by apologizing for unleashing a rant about politics, explaining that he’s “not trying” but that he “reached a boiling point” after listening to some recent Harris interviews.
“And it’s the gaslighting the left is doing with Kamala Harris that makes it sound like she’s a great, groundbreaking candidate,” Portnoy said.
The way Portnoy sees it, the Democratic nominee is trying to define herself as a candidate for change while insisting 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 on fire,” he said.
“And then inflation at home is out of control, people are burning American flags in the streets, defunding the police, public order doesn’t even seem to matter anymore, you have the border.
Portnoy admitted that he would also decline an interview request from Donald Trump
“So many problems.”
The way 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 something.”
Harris, he claimed, is irrelevant in the eyes of voters and he used her decision to drop out of the 2020 primaries as evidence.
“There’s a reason why she ran for president last time,” he said. ‘She didn’t get a single vote. She dropped out before the primaries.”
Harris’ “Call Her Daddy” podcast interview was criticized by some viewers for its “softball” questioning of the vice president’s record
Harris has made efforts to appeal to the electorate’s younger demographic by appearing on mainstream podcasts as the Race for the White House has heated up in recent weeks.
The vice president sat in on popular podcaster Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” last month, sparking severe backlash against the 30-year-old media personality from her listeners.
Some viewers criticized the interview for its “softball” questions and lack of focus on two issues on which Harris is apparently weak: 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.