The choice is in: @GioWFAN fooled us all! pic.twitter.com/zjeRWgdaIP
— WFAN Sports Radio (@WFAN660) January 13, 2023
If you look up “performative” in the dictionary, this is what you might get.
WFAN morning host Gregg Giannotti, a die-hard Vikings fan, took a break from his budding radio war with ESPN Radio New York’s Michael Kay to weigh in on Sunday’s Giants-Minnesota playoff game. And after a week of predicting a Big Blue victory, Giannotti revealed that it was all bullshit. And he did it epically.
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Some quality stuff in the attic. Giannotti’s part comes after he criticized Kay for her controversial tirade about the firing of ESPN morning show producer Ray Santiago (and Kay’s weak explanation in response to the subsequent protest).
Gi’s opinion:
Instead, do I have to believe it’s performance art? Are you kidding me? If it’s performance art, why do you open the curtain? Does the magician show you where he keeps the rabbit before removing it from the hat? If you are a great artist, continue with your part. But then you pulled back the curtain to tell everyone because you weren’t man enough to come forward and say you were wrong.
And for someone who’s been in the business that long, telling those kinds of lies and nonsense was embarrassing. Absolutely embarrassing. I sit here and bust everyone’s balls, I’ll point out the mistakes, but if I ever, ever go on air and say, “This guy needs to be fired,” you’re allowed to punch me in the face. Because that’s a ridiculous, ridiculous abuse of power.
And Kay’s response:
Somehow, by the grace of God, by the grace of God! — I have lasted 21 years on the air in New York. No shred of talent. Without the ability to do hackneyed imitations of people. Nothing of that. … And it’s something that Don (La Greca and I built. We didn’t take it from anyone and we moved into the penthouse, already furnished. This is our creation. And if we want to tear it down, which it looks like you’re doing, we’ll do it. … Showing off like you built it. You had nothing to do with the construction. The guy in the afternoon (Craig Carton) built it, not you.
Back after this.
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