Recently, WWE star Pat McAfee was trending following his recent claims about ESPN’s Executive Producer Norby Williamson sabotaging his YouTube show.
McAfee was a guest on the ALL THE SMOKE Podcast and during the episode, he opened up about Williamson. Pat McAfee claimed that his comments were nothing more than warning shots. He also shut down the claims that Williamson was his boss.
“I don’t know. I don’t know if there’s any conversations that happened behind. So… I thought that was a warning shot to that guy. I didn’t even think that was a [direct hit] yeah. Cuz, I’m the Executive Producer of my show. I report directly to Jimmy and Bob.
“So, I’m not viewing anybody as… Like, I saw everybody like, ‘Pat calls out his boss.’ I don’t got a motherf***ing boss. What are we? We talking about Jimmy Pitaro or Bob Iger, is that who we’re talking about? Cuz those are people that could technically be described as my boss. And Burke Magnus as well. And I have a great relationship with him. But I think even Burke would say like, yeah, we have a good relationship. We are talking like this [eye-to-eye], as opposed to… And…”
Pat McAfee claims that Norby Williamson banned ESPN talent from appearing on his YouTube show
While speaking on the same interview, the current WWE Superstar claimed that Norby Williamson banned ESPN talent to appear on The Pat McAfee show.
“So that was just a warning shot to [whom] I thought a person that was at the same [level/designation]… Which is hilarious because he’s the former President of the place and I guess a lot of people had a lot of fear of him. I did not. I do not have… That guy left me sitting in his office for 45 minutes, no-showed me, when I was supposed to have a meeting with him. Five years ago, six years ago [or] whatever it was. He also banned all my friends from coming on my show. So there was a ban of ESPN talent on my show on YouTube,” Pat McAfee said.
What is your take on this beef between McAfee and Williamson?
