Barstool Sports star responds to accusations he made light of sexual harassment: 'I messed that one up'

Daily Mail​

6 days ago

A convoluted discussion of sexual harassment within the Barstool Sports workplace spilled onto the air this week, leading popular podcast host Dan 'Big Cat' Katz to admit fault in the exchange.
Katz wasn't accused of sexual harassment. Rather, he may have mishandled a complaint from a female employee, who was uncomfortable with some of the BS content and off-camera conversations.
That employee, Ella Grif, sent Katz a late-night text with a BS video that contained a conversation in which colleagues discussed kissing her.
'I think it was just a moment of weakness for her,' Katz told the panel before requesting Grif join them in studio. 'Tell her to get in here. I don't want to speak for her.'
The conversation in the video only pertained to kissing, but was far more graphic off the air, according to Grif.
'Obviously I was drunk and I probably shouldn't have been texting, but I really thought I was on to something,' Grif said of her late-night text to Katz. 'I was like: 'This was so gross.'
Ella Grif believes a conversation that took place off camera crossed a line in the workplace
Unfortunately for her, since the clip only contained a discussion about kissing – and not the alleged X-rated off-air discussion – Katz was left confused.
'My heart dropped for a second, like, 'What did I say?' he recalled.
'I realize that and I was mortified the next day,' she said. 'I was like: 'Oh my good I seem like such a p****.'
Grif ironed things out with Katz, who was nonetheless called out on social media over the exchange.
'FYI that ella segment on @BarstoolYak was Michael Scott level office management cringe,' one critic wrote on X, referencing a character from NBC's The Office. 'Was like watching a what not to do video when a female employee raises concerns about the office's college fraternity-esque work environment.
'Imagine she was your daughter.'
Katz didn't challenge that assessment.
'Yup that was my f*** up,' he wrote on X, adding: 'I messed that one up for sure.'
It's unclear if the alleged harassers have been punished in any way.