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| Christen Press responds to criticism over partnership with Barstool Sports | Christen Press responds to criticism over partnership with Barstool Sports |
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| USA star Christen Press has responded to questions about her involvement with Barstool Sports, a website with a history of misogyny. | USA star Christen Press has responded to questions about her involvement with Barstool Sports, a website with a history of misogyny. |
| Press linked up with Barstool during the US women’s team World Cup victory celebrations in New York City last week, posting videos of the parade to the website’s Instagram page. Columns in both the Guardian and Deadspin questioned the partnership given the US’s team fight for gender equality. One Barstool article claimed that “The USWNT Loves Barstool”. | Press linked up with Barstool during the US women’s team World Cup victory celebrations in New York City last week, posting videos of the parade to the website’s Instagram page. Columns in both the Guardian and Deadspin questioned the partnership given the US’s team fight for gender equality. One Barstool article claimed that “The USWNT Loves Barstool”. |
| Christen Press's Barstool deal is a slap in the face to what the USWNT stand for | Christen Press's Barstool deal is a slap in the face to what the USWNT stand for |
| Press’s PR team at EAG Sports Management did not respond to requests for comment from the Guardian last week, while Press did not appear at her scheduled press conference with her club team, the Utah Royals. The Royals later said that Press was not feeling well. | Press’s PR team at EAG Sports Management did not respond to requests for comment from the Guardian last week, while Press did not appear at her scheduled press conference with her club team, the Utah Royals. The Royals later said that Press was not feeling well. |
| However, Press spoke to the Salt Lake City Tribune on Friday and said she had not been aware of Barstool’s reputation when the partnership was agreed. “To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t familiar with the site when my [PR] team presented the opportunity to me,” Press said. “I think everybody that knows me well knows that I support kindness, respect and dignity for all people.” | However, Press spoke to the Salt Lake City Tribune on Friday and said she had not been aware of Barstool’s reputation when the partnership was agreed. “To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t familiar with the site when my [PR] team presented the opportunity to me,” Press said. “I think everybody that knows me well knows that I support kindness, respect and dignity for all people.” |
| Christen Press addresses the Barstool Sports partnership. She said she wasn’t aware of the site when presented with the idea. #URFC pic.twitter.com/e8XVPPmcA8 | |
| Barstool have run features in the past such as “Guess that Ass”, “Guess that Rack” and “Grading the Newest Sex Scandal Teacher”. It has also been involved in other controversial partnerships. ESPN ended a co-produced series with Barstool after just one show in 2017 after one of the broadcaster’s presenters, Samantha Ponder, drew attention to verbal abuse had received from Barstool’s founder, Dave Portnoy. Portnoy called Ponder “a slut” and described her daughter as a “rat kid” during a Barstool podcast. | Barstool have run features in the past such as “Guess that Ass”, “Guess that Rack” and “Grading the Newest Sex Scandal Teacher”. It has also been involved in other controversial partnerships. ESPN ended a co-produced series with Barstool after just one show in 2017 after one of the broadcaster’s presenters, Samantha Ponder, drew attention to verbal abuse had received from Barstool’s founder, Dave Portnoy. Portnoy called Ponder “a slut” and described her daughter as a “rat kid” during a Barstool podcast. |
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