2 days ago
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- Miami Herald
How tall is Dave Portnoy? Embattled Barstool boss sets record straight at Miami park
The tables are turning.
Usually the one doing the trolling, Dave Portnoy – infamous for making inappropriate jokes, thrashing underlings and having absolutely zero filter – is currently catching some major shade.
Over what, now? Some personal stats.
The controversial Barstool Sports founder was lambasted online over his height, with one X user over the weekend posting pictures of him standing on his tiptoes in selfies with taller people.
'Of all the lies told about me this is the most egregious,' Portnoy responded. 'People are literally photoshopping me standing on my tippy toes now.'
X then shared a community note, fact checking that Portnoy had indeed posed this way in previous pictures.
On Tuesday morning, Portnoy met up with FOX & Friends coast-to-coast host Steve Doocy for 'The Morning Walk,' to clear up the matter.
The pair did a lap around Margaret Pace Park in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood, a few miles south of Portnoy's house.
While covering a wide range of topics, including his One Bite pizza reviews and rescue dog Miss Peaches, the chat obviously turned to the topic du jour.
'Well, something that is boiling up on the Internet right now is your height, because they say you're short or something like that,' Doocy said.
'I'm 5'10' and a half,' responded the 48-year-old who looked at least a few inches shorter than the journalist, who estimated he was 'about' six feet tall.
But when the two stand back to back, their heads are almost completely aligned.
Someone off camera says they're 'even.'
'We're even?' Doocy asked. 'Take that, Internet!'
'All right, then. I'm six feet,' Portnoy boasted. 'Listen, people want to come for the crown. They want to hate on me for different reasons. They come at the height. That's the best they can do. It's a blatant lie.'
