Oh, for God's sake, lighten up. It was a freakin' joke:
We're sorry. What the hell were we thinking?
That's what ESPN told viewers Wednesday after Texas country singer, songwriter and humorist Kinky Friedman, booked to talk about the bromance between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, called it "the most important, latent homosexual relationship since Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.”
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After the segment — which included Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine — ended, host Bob Ley apologized to the audience for Friedman's comments.
It's been obvious for some time that the people at ESPN have no sense of humor. Now it seems they don't have a clue, either. Anybody who knows the least little bit about Kinky Friedman knows he delights in saying outrageous things. What in the world would you expect from someone who named his band The Texas Jewboys? Anyway, there's no need go back into fiction for a good example of a bromance (what a stupid word, by the way). How about Bill Clinton and Geogre H.W. Bush, huh?
At least nobody's calling for beheading Kinky, not that they won't, metaphorically.
Here's Kinky and the boys at their finest, with a pardoy of a famous Merle Haggard song. Warning: Offensive language. No, really. Not kidding. Really, really offensive. What was I thinking of. So sorry.
