Nantucket’s shiny N Journal is clarifying its stance after Dave Portnoy referred to as them “spineless jellyfish” for apologizing for that includes the Barstool Sports founder on their Could cover.
A supply tells us since Portnoy’s cover dropped, the ritzy enclave’s small native workplace has been flooded with complaints from residents, together with girls’s shelters and ladies’s teams.
The mag apologized on Friday, drawing ire from Portnoy, who owns a $2 million house on the ritzy New England island. “Everyone who doesn’t like me can go f–ok themselves,” he completely instructed Web page Six.
“In case you took a ballot on Nantucket of people that like me and hate me, I’d guess 99 % like me.”
“It’s unlucky that the powers that be at N Journal are spineless jellyfish who’re held hostage by the whims of the vocal minority,” he added.
The mag’s writer, Bruce Percelay, now tells Web page Six, “Nantucket is a really particular place and the islanders care very deeply about their neighborhood.
“Those that criticized or have been offended by our story ought to be acknowledged and their voices deserved to be heard and revered.”
The mag featured a picture of Portnoy, 44, in a pool on a liquor-bottle-shaped pool float and included a glowing profile on his work serving to small companies throughout the pandemic.
Percelay — who has performed work with Make-A-Want, Habitat for Humanity, Nantucket Cottage Hospital and the Nantucket Whaling Museum — defined additional, “The premise for the story in N Journal was to showcase Dave Portnoy’s philanthropy and his help of small companies on the island and elsewhere throughout the pandemic.
“Anybody who engages [with] and leads such efforts ought to be applauded, as these efforts are very a lot according to my very own,” he continued. “I consider there are few issues extra necessary in life than giving again to the neighborhood, as Dave and others have performed.”
Portnoy has beforehand been accused of sexism, misogyny and utilizing racist language.
He’s additionally appeared in two intercourse tapes — most just lately with a girl who might be seen sporting a canine collar and leash that the Barstool Sports boss was holding.
“They’ve been making an attempt to cancel me for 20 years — I’m uncancelable,” he stated final 12 months.
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