Bill Simmons strayed a bit from the topic at hand in a recent podcast episode.
Simmons’ May 27 episode of “The Rewatchables” was focused on the 1978 movie “Heaven Can Wait.”
But “The Ringer” founder forged a connection regarding the film and its character, Leo Farnsworth, and former ESPN journalist Pablo Torre’s reporting on UNC football coach Bill Belichick’s polarizing relationship with 24-year-old Jordon Hudson.
“Pablo Torre would’ve done a long podcast about Leo Farnsworth trying to practice with the team, and then done a media tour about it afterwards,” Simmons said, shocking his co-hosts. “I’ve never seen anybody dine on a stupider story for a week and a half while pretending you’re a journalist. What the f–k was that? Seriously.”
Torre has led the way for the past month in uncovering details surrounding UNC’s relationship with Hudson, as she seemingly butts her way into the spotlight while Belichick looks to field a competitive Tar Heel team in the upcoming season.
Torre has dedicated numerous episodes of his show, “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” to revealing details about the controversial relationship, many of which became a battle of his word versus the university’s.
He has gone as far as recently hinting at suing UNC if they don’t comply with his public record requests related to the football program.
As for Simmons, he is a Boston native, giving him more of a reason to defend Belichick and his controversial relationship, as the head coach led the Patriots to six Super Bowl wins throughout the years.
“Belichick’s dating a girl. ‘Oh, let me do nine shows about it,’” Simmons said, mocking Torre. “Settle the f–k down … You don’t need to do a media tour about a f–king podcast.”
Simmons’ co-hosts Chris Ryan and Van Lathan were baffled by the cutthroat comments toward Torre.
“It was a story that everybody was talking about to be fair,” Lathan responded to Simmons’ rant.
“That’s fine. Maybe do two shows about it,” Simmons replied.
As long as the 73-year-old head coach’s relationship stays alive with Hudson, Torre’s relentless reporting likely won’t slow down — even if he does catch some flak from fellow sports media personalities like Simmons.