Hank Williams Jr.
's comments about President Obama on
Fox &
Friends have prompted ESPN to drop him from Monday's (Oct. 3) opening segment of its
Monday Night Football telecast,
USA Today reports. During an interview earlier in the day to promote
The Legend Begins, a new collection of
rare and unreleased recordings by his father, the late
Hank Williams Sr.,
Fox & Friends' Gretchen Carlson began the interview by asking him which GOP presidential candidate he favors. After
replying, "Nobody," Williams made reference to Obama and House Speaker John Boehner's golf game that took place in June at
Andrews Air Force Base. Calling it "one of the biggest political mistakes ever," he added, "It would be like Hitler playing
golf with [Israeli leader Benjamin] Netanyahu, OK?" He also called Obama and Vice President Biden "the enemy." In a statement,
an ESPN spokesperson said, "While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize he is closely linked to our company
through the opening to
Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result have
decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."
