Barstool founder Dave Portnoy drinks champagne to celebrate fall of Deadspin: ‘Kicking a dead ass dog!’
NY Post
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy popped open a bottle of champagne while lounging in a pool to celebrate the demise of Deadspin after the popular sports blogger laid off its entire staff in the wake of its parent company’s acquisition by a European startup.
Portnoy reacted on Monday to a social media post from former Deadspin editor-in-chief Julie DiCaro, who wrote that staffers “got half an hour’s notice that Deadspin has been sold to a European startup and they’re not taking any staff.”
“Listen, even I’m getting confused,” Portnoy said in a video that he posted to his X social media account in which he is seen floating on a pool.
“How many times can I pop a bottle for the same goddamn company? How many times can I kill Deadspin? How many times can Julie DiCaro lose her goddamn job? It seems like infinity!”
When reached by The Post, DiCaro said via email: “I haven’t seen the video but I have zero interest in anything Dave Portnoy does.”
According to DiCaro’s LinkedIn page, she worked full time at Deadspin from May 2020 until this week, when the publication shuttered.
