Chris Russo's badmouthing of gummy bears on ESPN's airwaves may come under fire after it “offended” ESPN executives.
in The latest chapter of Gummy Bitsduring a weekly appearance on “First Take,” Russo explained that he ingested the gummies and shared them with MLB analyst Jessica Mendoza.
“I had gummy bears this morning. They're flying. Oh, they're flying. I had them. Right before he did that Yankee nonsense,” Russo said of Stephen A. Smith during the show. .
“I said, “Please let me have one,'' and I went home with him. [Jessica] Mendoza and I ate gummy bears. ”
After making the comment, Awful Annuncing pointed out: Mr. Russo repeated many times. That Mendoza actually had nothing to do with his gummy habit.
“I was in trouble because it wasn’t accurate.” Russo told Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast.with guest host Sal Licata.
“Because I put Jessica Mendoza in the mix, and I shouldn't have done that… I showed her that she was in the mix, and that's not the right thing to do. There wasn't. So I'll take it. She flew to Oregon soon after, and I haven't heard back from her. But what do you do? You can't please everyone.”
Russo said ESPN executives had previously raised no issues with the topic of gummy consumption, but much of the content was personal, something he did on his own time and not on ESPN's airwaves. He explained.
It's unclear whether Mendoza himself is upset about being added to the squad. Mendoza is a gold medal winning softball player who primarily works as an analyst for MLB and the College Baseball/Softball Network.
Russo first spoke about Gummies on ESPN in September 2023, where he raucously detailed his plans for Saturday, which revolved around the Oregon-Colorado football game.
“What we're going to do this weekend…I'm going to have a run-in and take my two dogs, Beau and Riley, for a walk. Around 12:00, I'm going to sit down and make an early cocktail. I'm going to have some gummies. Cut it in half,” Russo said.
“About 3:25, when I’m drinking the sauce, I’m not driving, I’m in the house, it’s 3:25. I call Fat Rob. 718-504… “Rob, I know, what? I can't root for Oregon. Okay, let's try to imitate it on TV. Bet 10 dimes on Colorado and Dion to win the game,” Russo said with a laugh.
Russo, a New York radio legend, has signed an extension to continue appearing on ESPN through February 2024.
