The founder of Barstool Sports criticized pop singer Normani's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night, protesting what he sees as a double standard between his 'raunchy' website and the suggestive dancing on national TV.
Dave Portnoy, 44, singled out the Fifth Harmony alum's gyrations on fellow female singer Teyana Taylor, 30.
'This is good. Barstool bad,' he told his 2.6 million followers above a video of himself talking over the awards show.
'I just want people to know, this is on VH1 right now, just like cable TV, anyone can watch this.
'People say Barstool’s too raunchy, like, that, you know, we're sexist, chauvinist pigs, can't let people see it, too over the top, smokeshows, but this girl, who's getting like face f***** and scissoring, right now just on VH1, this is cool.'
Dave Portnoy, 44, found a double standard in the treatment of Barstools and Normani's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday
'I just want people to know, this is on VH1 right now, just like cable TV,' he said, adding that people often criticize his site for being 'sexist, chauvinist pigs, can't let people see it'
Normani, 25, danced suggestively on fellow singer Teyana Taylor, 30, during the show
'But this girl, who's getting like face f***** and scissoring, right now just on VH1, this is cool'
Normani, 25, was promoting her latest single Wild Side.
Portnoy founded Barstool in 2003 as a newspaper for men who 'love sports, gambling, golfing and chasing short skirts,' according to the website.
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