The Pablo Torre-Bill Simmons 'feud' has reached its inevitable podcast
Pablo Torre has a few questions for Bill Simmons and it appears he's headed over to The Ringer's podcast studios to get some answers.
After Torre and Simmons traded barbs over the former's Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson reporting, the Pablo Torre Finds Out host is reportedly going to sit down with Simmons on The Bill Simmons Podcast to clear the air — or dirty it up some more.
According to Meadowlark Media's Dan Le Batard at the start of his Tuesday show, "Pablo Torre will be appearing on Bill Simmons' podcast here." And considering PTFO is a Meadowlark Media production, the sourcing seems pretty solid.
The fact that Torre is going on Simmons' show, instead of the other way around, is a bit notable. It was Simmons who fired off criticism of Torre's reporting on Belichick during a recent episode of The Ringer's The Rewatchables. When word got back around to PTFO, Torre made it known he had a few questions for Simmons about the Hudson-Belichick drama and invited The Ringer founder over to PTFO for a chat.
It's hard to know what to expect here, or if Simmons will return the favor by going on Torre's show, but it is undoubtedly good the two will at least have a chance to clear the air — and it's even better for fans of both who get a chance to hear the discussion.
Hopefully the episode is dropping soon.
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