Dave Portnoy, the President of Barstool Sports, stated to CBS News that antisemitism has undergone a “definitive shift,” and he is now confronted with hatred “every day.”
In a sneak peek of an upcoming “CBS Sunday Morning” interview, Portnoy informed co-host Tony Dokoupil that he’s noticed a distinct increase in animosity directed at him for his Jewish identity, in contrast to the sporadic hateful remarks he once received.
“In my own experience, just being Barstool, I’ve observed the difference in the quantity of hate I receive,” Portnoy commented. “I mean, occasionally you’d get a k— or Jew or something. Now it’s a daily occurrence. There’s definitely been a shift in the current climate.”
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He added, “So yes, now, for me, as a Jewish individual, you need to step up. You’re perceived as a role model in the Jewish community. You have to assert that ‘this isn’t a laughing matter.’ There are people expressing genuine hatred.”
Fox News Digital contacted Barstool Sports seeking their input.
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CBS News reported that, subsequent to Portnoy’s Friday interview recording, someone directed antisemitic slurs at Portnoy during one of his “One Bite Pizza Reviews.”
A similar event transpired in June, during which an unidentified individual was heard yelling “f— the Jews” while Portnoy was recording his video review in Toronto.
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“Is that an example of Toronto hospitality?” Portnoy questioned during the event.
Portnoy was also entangled in another antisemitic occurrence in May when a sign displaying “f— the Jews” was discovered at one of Barstool Sports’ bars in Philadelphia.
Despite initially expressing feeling “f—ing mad” and eager to “ruin these people,” Portnoy declared following the incident that he would send the alleged perpetrators to Auschwitz in Poland to transform the event into an educational lesson about the Holocaust. He later retracted the offer to one of the accused men after he asserted that the young man denied any involvement in the situation.
