Hank Williams Jr, the man that has is the voice for Monday Night Football’s classic intro, was pulled from tonight’s telecast after he made disparaging remarks using an analogy to Adolf Hitler while discussing President Barack Obama.
As Reported By The Associated Press:
In an interview Monday morning on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” Williams said of Obama’s outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: “It’d be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.”
Asked to clarify, Williams said: “They’re the enemy,” adding that by “they” he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
“While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to ‘Monday Night Football,'” ESPN said in a statement. “We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
It’s unbelievable that people still talk this way about our own President, he has been in office for more than two years and we still must hear and watch this foolishness. Shout out to ESPN doing the right thing.
SOURCE: AP
