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Dave Portnoy says he rejected invite for ‘trash’ Gavin Newsom podcast

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) announcement that he is launching a new podcast that will feature discussions with conservatives, one popular voice was quick to say he wouldn’t be a guest.

He’s trash like I hate him,” Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said.

“I just think he’s everything that you think of when you think of, like, a slick politician. That you take a cold shower after you talk with them,” Portnoy added in an interview with Fox Digital.

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Portnoy is the mastermind behind popular podcasts, including Call Her Daddy, which got its start on Barstool Sports. However, he said when it came to Newsom’s other podcast, Politickin’, which features former NFL player Marshawn Lynch, he stayed away because of his opinions of the governor.

“They asked me to go on. I said, ‘No,’ because I just don’t like the guy so much,” Portnoy said.

Portnoy has a litany of complaints about Newsom, namely the governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. When Newsom announced his latest show, This is Gavin Newsom, Portnoy brought up his gripes again.

“Let’s start with why did you throw a party for yourself at the French Laundry with no masks on in the middle of Covid when California had just about the strictest COVID regs in the country and thousands of small businesses were going outta business because of said policies?” Portnoy commented on Newsom’s post about the podcast.

Portnoy was also largely behind the online circulation of Newsom’s pickup basketball game in China, which the governor took flak for over his performance. Newsom was seen in a video playing with elementary-aged children. As he took the ball in his left hand at the top of the key, a boy stepped closer to block Newsom, but the governor continued his drive and hit the boy, knocking both of them off their feet.

Days before the November election, Portnoy announced he would be voting for President Donald Trump. Portnoy called former Vice President Kamala Harris “the worst presidential candidate in the history of American politics honestly.”

GAVIN NEWSOM BEGINS ‘DETERMINATION OF CLEMENCY’ FOR MENENDEZ BROTHERS

Other podcast guests on This is Gavin Newsom have yet to be announced. Newsom said the episodes in the coming weeks will include “some of the biggest leaders and architects of the MAGA movement.” Since then, he confirmed there are about six guests. While he hasn’t revealed their identities yet, he said, “Look at the lineup at CPAC.”

This announcement of the new podcast came as Newsom is a year away from reaching his two-term limit after he survived a recall election in 2021. Following the fires in Southern California, Newsom was again served recall papers.

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