Barstool Sports founder and famous Swiftie Dave Portnoy was a little upset Sunday night when Taylor Swift spoke to Portnoy’s nemesis, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Portnoy expressed his dissatisfaction with X over the interaction at the 2024 Super Bowl.
“I hate this” Portnoy Posted in X Contains clips of the conversation.
Portnoy has hated Goodell ever since the longtime commissioner went after former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady over the Deflategate scandal.
In May 2015, Portnoy and three other Barstool Brady fans staged a sit-in at the NFL’s New York City offices when Goodell suspended Brady for four games.
The two were handcuffed in the lobby and taken away by police.
Brady would ultimately be suspended at the beginning of the 2016 season.
Due to Portnoy’s 2015 sit-in, Barstool has since been banned from attending NFL events.
Still, that didn’t stop Portnoy from going to the Super Bowl in 2019 to watch the Patriots win their sixth ring.
However, Portnoy was dragged from the match by police.
Do you see a theme?
So it’s no wonder Portnoy couldn’t bear to see Swift talking to or even in the same suite as Goodell.
Swift attended the game to cheer on her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
After a slow first half, Kelce picked up steam in the second half, gaining 93 yards on nine receptions, including a 22-yard gain to set up Harrison Butker’s game-tying field goal late in the fourth quarter. It was
Fortunately, Swift was able to make it to Portnoy in time by not appearing on stage with the Chiefs players during the trophy ceremony.
“It’s very classy of Taylor to refuse to go on stage and steal all the shine from the players. Sister Jean would be hogging the mic by now.” Portnoy Posted in X.
