Enraged Dave Portnoy vows to ‘ruin these people’ who bought antisemitic sign at Barstool bar

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Dave Portnoy vowed to “ruin these people” who bought an antisemitic sign at his Barstool Sansom Street bar in Philadelphia.

After a video surfaced online Sunday of bottle-service waitresses holding up an illuminated sign that read, “F–k the Jews,” the Barstool Sports founder posted a video on Instagram telling fans that he was holding an “emergency press conference” about the incident.

“I’ve been shaking. I’ve been so f—king mad for the last two hours,” he said. “… I’m going to make it my life’s f—king mission to ruin these people. I’m coming for your throat. I’m never ending.”

Dave Portnoy vowed to “ruin these people” who bought an antisemitic sign at his Barstool Sansom Street bar in Philadelphia. Dave Portnoy/X
On Sunday, a video of bottle-service waitresses holding up an illuminated sign that read, “F–k the Jews,” at one of the Barstool Sports founder’s establishments surfaced online. Instagram

Portnoy, 48, shared that he had been on “the trail” for the last few hours to find the culprits.

“You think I’m going to put up with this s—t at my bar?” he asked. “I want consequences for f—king actions. So, I’m not just sitting back … no, trust me. I have been on it.”

The social media personality, who is Jewish, said he had already talked to one of his bar’s two now-fired waitresses, whom he described as a “total idiot.”

In response to that clip, Portnoy, 48, posted a video message on Instagram, telling his fans that he was holding an “emergency press conference” about the incident. Dave Portnoy/X
“I’m going to make it my life’s f—king mission to ruin these people. I’m coming to your throat, I’m never ending,” he said of the culprits. The Megyn Kelly Show/YouTube

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Portnoy said one of the people responsible for the sign told him he was not “antisemitic,” which he did not believe.

“Who the f–k would do that sign in my f–king bar? You think I’m just gonna sit here? I’m gonna make it my f–king mission to put you in lights. My f—king mission,” he said. 

“What I’m saying is I’m getting the names. I’m trying to be a little responsible. I’m trying to keep it together, but I’m on it. But I’m on it. I’m f–king on it.”

In a second video, the businessman appeared a bit calmer as he shared that he was going to pay for the people who ordered the sign to go to Germany to make this a “teaching moment” so they can learn about the Holocaust and Auschwitz concentration camps.

In a second video, Portnoy revealed that he is going to pay for the people who order the sign to go to the concentration camps at Auschwitz, Germany, to make this a “teaching moment” so they can learn about the Holocaust. Getty Images
His bar also released a statement on Instagram Sunday, apologizing for the “role we played in allowing hate speech to transpire.” Google Maps
Temple University president John Fry announced in a statement that the person who purchased the sign has “been placed on interim suspension” at the school. Zuffa LLC

His bar also released a statement on Instagram Sunday apologizing for the “role we played in allowing hate speech to transpire.”

Additionally, Temple University president John Fry announced that the person who had purchased the sign was “placed on interim suspension” at the school.

“In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent. It has no place at Temple and acts of hatred and discrimination against any person or persons are not tolerated at this university,” Fry wrote.

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