Mike Francesa and Chis “Mad Dog” Russo have been in the news for a multitude of reasons this week, which caught the ire of WFAN morning host Gregg Giannotti Thursday.
Wednesday, a clip of Russo discussing the sex life of recently-divorced Tom Brady with Howard Stern went viral on social media, saying “Is Tom Brady a good looking guy, and is he the greatest quarterback of all time?” and answering yes, Russo said “you mean to tell me that Tom Brady is going sexless in the last 18, 19 weeks? I would find that hard to believe.”
Earlier this week, Francesa confirmed rumors that he had been in discussions with ESPN’s First Take to surprise Russo during a live show, after a report from Andrew Marchand claimed Francesa was a possible regular debate partner for Mad Dog on the show.
“Somebody needs to knock on his door and say ‘Nobody cares anymore. Nobody’,” Giannotti said.
“Those two are really something,” update anchor Jerry Recco added.
Giannotti’s comments came after the Boomer & Gio crew discussed Francesa’s admission about the First Take rumors, after Francesa said “I don’t know how it got out. It didn’t get out from me,” incorrectly asserting that it “got out” because Francesa had discussed it on an earlier podcast.
In reality, Francesa had discussed doing an alternate broadcast of a game broadcast with Russo. The report from Andrew Marchand of The New York Post about Francesa potentially joining First Take was an entirely different story.
