Dave Portnoy ‘Sad’ About Rumor That ‘Ruined’ College Girl’s Life

Dave PortnoyThe founder of the popular site Barstool Sports, admits the error of his business by fueling a “vicious rumor” who “ruined” a life of the student at Ole Miss.

In a new interview, the frank person’s personality apologized and admitted that he was “sad” of the situation after asking what he would like to say to the family of Mary Kate Cornett, a student who had to leave the campus after several media personalities amplified a rumor about her sleep with the father of his boyfriend.

During an interview NBC NewsPortnoy, 48, said that he understood why the 19-year-old Cornett family would be “and” his own and his business, adding rumors “who have practically ruined” his life.

“I would apologize,” he said before calling history a “vicious rumor”.

He added: “I am sad and I would like us to play any role.”

Although Portnoy has never posted anything about the story itself, two personalities affiliated to his business, Kevin Clancy and Jack McGuire, did it.

Regarding their actions, Portnoy castigated them to be “really stupid”.

“I have been doing this for a long time,” added Portnoy. “I thought it was clearly a false story. I thought we were better than that. ”

Clancy, which is no stranger to the controversy, published its own apology video after the Portnoy public declaration on behalf of his business.

In the video published on X, formerly Twitter, the 41 -year -old man, who made the headlines in 2018 after revealing that he had cheated on his pregnant wife, said he was “really sorry” towards Cornett and his family and friends.

Clancy called on his decision to engage in the spread of a “Salace rumor” a Bonehead decision which he deeply regrets.

Later, the content creator with more than 550,000 online subscribers mentioned his own daughter, recognizing that someone bringing light to an unpleasant rumor in this way would be hurtful.

“Professionally speaking, I am much smarter than that. I have been doing it for a very long time, and I better know to engage in gossip and Salaces rumors, especially about someone who is not in the eyes of the public, not in the industry, just an ordinary person who had a very unpleasant rumor about him,” he said.

In 2018, Clancy’s wife, Caitlin, castigated her online after discovering that he had cheated on her “mistress” since she was eight months pregnant.

“The kind, funny and relatable family man that I thought I got married is clearly lower, more unsightly and more disrespectful than I imagined,” she wrote, by Page six.

In a video of excuses deleted since then, Clancy opened his decisions, calling himself a “coward” who behaved “as a boy when I should have behaved like a man”.

“All I can do now is to ask forgiveness. Whether I get this forgiveness or not, all I can do is act in a way that best suits my wife and children because I have not done it in the past,” he said, by PEOPLE.

Portnoy, Clancy and Barstool Sports are not the only personalities from the public media apologizing for their misdeeds.

During his program “Big Night Aht”, Pat McAfee, who hosts the ESPN series “The Pat McAfee Show”, referred to his “current situation” and said that he never wanted to draw “negative” attention to a person’s life.

“I have a lot of people who say I should be prosecuted,” said McAfee. “I mean this: I never want to be part of something negative in the life of anyone, never. This is not what I want to do. “

He added: “For all of this going on, I didn’t want to add negativity anymore because it was happening.”

Cornett opened up to Athletics About McAfee’s statements in early April 2025, saying that she wanted the speaking head held “responsible” for her actions.

“I would like people to be responsible for what they have done,” she said. “You ruin my life by talking about it in your show for nothing other than attention, but here I stand up until 5 am, every night, throwing, I do not eat because I am so worried about what will happen for the rest of my life.”

Breath Previously, reported the recent Portnoy number with the legend of the Tiger Woods golf course, who presented himself with his relationship with the ex-Belle-daughter of President Donald Trump, Vanessa Trump.

In his article, Woods said he was enthusiastic about their future before asking the public a “privacy”.

His request for discretion disturbed Portnoy, who quoted the post on X and castigated the champion for having made a “ridiculous request”.

“Tiger asking for privacy to go out with the wife of Don Jr. is a ridiculous request for all time,” he shared.

At the beginning of 2025, Portnoy shared that he had lost a 1 million dollars bet on the Buffalo Bills to win the Super Bowl.

During a close match against the Kansas City chiefs, Josh Allen and the Bills did not get a first necessary that could have changed the trajectory of the game.

Portnoy had an online collapse, exploding chiefs and referees for what he thought was a bad call.

“Once again, how devil the benchmark looks at the back of Josh Allen, the one who wins over the referee who looks at the ball, and who had the right place? #BILLSMAFIA #NFLGGED,” he wrote.

Drue Tranquil, one of the seconds of the chefs, quoted the Portnoy post and made a hit on him.

“I should have taken your $ 1 million in #trumpcoin and have a great vacation. He didn’t understand it and you know it. #Gochiefs,” he shared.