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Michael Kay walks back threat to ESPN producer, calls firing comment ‘performative’
ESPN New York radio present host Michael Kay is strolling again his risk to a producer he stated he might get fired if he made one cellphone name.
Final Friday, Ray Santiago, a producer on the “DiPietro and Rothenberg” morning present with ESPN radio, took a shot at “The Michael Kay Present” by saying the latter program is on a decline.
After taking part in the clip together with his co-hosts Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg, Kay appeared instantly into the digicam and stated he might put Santiago on the “unemployment line” with a single cellphone name.
New York Yankees tv broadcaster Michael Kay speaks through the groups 63rd Outdated Timers Day earlier than the sport in opposition to the Detroit Tigers on July 19, 2009 at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx borough of New York Metropolis.
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On Tuesday, Kay wasn’t as offended, claiming that his phase was “performative.”
“I’m not going to sit down right here and lie,” Kay stated. “Was I upset concerning the remark? Yeah. But it surely was performative as a result of I’m such a great performer on the air. But when individuals need to run with it — individuals on social media being like, ‘You’re a low life, you’re the worst,’ — OK. No matter.”
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“Is it the worry that this present is now on the rise, and that present’s type of gone within the different path these days?” Santiago stated after it was talked about that Kay’s program continues to carry up DiPietro and Rothenberg.
Right here’s Kay’s response: “Ray Santiago made a remark about rankings? Do you notice, Ray, that every one I’d must do is make one cellphone name, and also you’d be on the unemployment line? You’ve the nerve to say one thing like that about this present? One cellphone name, which I’m contemplating making, and you may be fired. Do you notice that?”
New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay throughout Joe Torre’s quantity retirement ceremony earlier than sport vs Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium. Bronx, NY 8/23/2014
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Kay ended by saying he gained’t be citing the morning present anymore, however the anger was actually there in his temporary monologue.
“The Michael Kay Present” was at its peak when it surpassed WFAN’s Mike Francesa within the afternoon. Nevertheless, after preliminary success when Craig Carton returned with Evan Roberts within the afternoon, WFAN has been successful in latest rankings.
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The New York Submit just lately reported that Kay, the long-time broadcaster of the New York Yankees, is contemplating retirement from sports activities discuss radio.
Kay spent a full decade being partnered with the legendary John Sterling on WABC from 1992-2001.
Yankees Broadcaster Michael Kay arrives at a screening of the “2009 World Sequence Movie: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees” on the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 23, 2009 in New York Metropolis.
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When YES Community started, they instantly introduced Kay in whereas Sterling remained on the radio, which he nonetheless does to today.