Pat McAfee seemingly isn’t ready to let his beef with ESPN executive Norby Williamson go.
One day after calling out Williamson by name on his eponymous show and claiming the network honcho was trying to potentially “sabotage” it, McAfee posted a cryptic “Scarface” video on X of Tony Montana’s epic rant about lies and truth.
“What you lookin’ at? You all a bunch of f–king a–holes,” Montana, played by Al Pacino, said in the 1983 movie. “You know why? You don’t have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me.
“You need people like me so you can point your f–king fingers and say, ‘That’s the bad guy.’ So… what that make you? Good? You’re not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don’t have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
McAfee posted the video without a caption, but it’s perhaps safe to presume the former NFL punter was referring to the drama at the Worldwide Leader.
The kerfuffle started after Aaron Rodgers baselessly implied on “The Pat McAfee Show” last week that Jimmy Kimmel, the host of ABC’s late-night show, could be on a since-released list of people connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
After that incident, The Post’s Andrew Marchand wrote a column on Thursday, writing that McAfee needs to improve ratings if his show were to continue creating headaches for ESPN.
Former NFL player and host Pat McAfee speaks on radio row ahead of Super Bowl LVII at the Phoenix Convention Center on February 9, 2023. Getty ImagesThe next day, McAfee addressed the show’s ratings, ripping Williamson, ESPN’s Executive Editor and Head of Event and Studio Production, in the process.
“We’re very appreciative, and we understand that more people are watching this show than ever before. We’re very thankful for the ESPN folks for being very hospitable.
“Now, there are some people actively trying to sabotage us from within ESPN — more specifically, I believe, Norby Williamson is the guy who is attempting to sabotage our program,” McAfee said.
Al Pacino in the 1983 hit movie “Scarface.” Universal/courtesy EverettESPN attempted to quell the feud with a statement on Saturday.
“No one is more committed to and invested in ESPN’s success than Norby Williamson,” the statement read. “At the same time, we are thrilled with the multi-platform success that we have seen from the Pat McAfee Show across ESPN.
“We will handle this matter internally and have no further comment.”
