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."
