Hank Williams Jr.
has written a song criticizing
Fox & Friends, but he's
returning to the Fox Network on Tuesday (Oct. 11) for an appearance on
Hannity in the aftermath of his split with ESPN's
Monday Night Football. Williams will also appear Tuesday on ABC's
The View. The controversy began last week
during a satellite interview on
Fox & Friends in which Williams called President Obama "the enemy" and compared
the president and House Speaker John Boehner playing golf together to Adolf Hitler playing golf with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu. ESPN responded by removing Williams' familiar "are you ready for some football" introduction to its
Monday
Night Football telecasts. According to The Associated Press, Williams has written and recorded "Keep the Change," whose
lyrics suggest a boycott of
Fox & Friends and ESPN. The lyrics include lines such as, "So
Fox & Friends
wanna put me down/Ask for my opinion/Twist it all around." He finishes the verse: "Well, two can play that gotcha game, you'll
see." Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar of
The View are among those who have defended Williams' right of freedom of speech.
"Whoopi and Joy understood what I was saying," Williams said in a message on his website. "After watching the clip of their
show, I knew I needed to talk to them first." He posted the audio track of "Keep the Change" on his website Monday afternoon
and is offering it as a free download for 48 hours.
