In the most subtle and discreet way, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed that he had cancer and beat it.
The 47-year-old revealed the diagnosis on an episode of “The BFFs Pod” when his co-hosts noticed a scar on his neck.
Portnoy said he “got over it” and said yes when it came to skin cancer “lying in the sun all day without sunscreen.”
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Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy attends an event. (Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)
“I've had a heart attack, cancer and been stung by bees, I beat it all,” Portnoy joked.
“I went to the doctor, they did surgery on my skin, they scraped it and one of them came back cancerous; I had to remove it,” Portnoy added.
Portnoy said he had actually been trying to get people to notice the scar.
“I've been trying to put it in people's faces,” Portnoy said.
But he did say he kept the operations to himself.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed that he recently had cancer and beat it. (The Dave Portnoy Show with Eddie & Co/Youtube)
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“I didn't even tell anyone I was doing it. It was all part of my master plan. God forbid. [Boston] The Celtics lost last night and I was going to say, 'I have cancer.' I Dont Want To Talk About It.' But they won.”
Portnoy said he and his fellow Barstool hosts were recording a recap of the Celtics' NBA Finals victory, but no one even mentioned the scar or a bandage on his neck in the cigar celebration video he posted.
“It's almost like they know I'm going to call myself a cancer survivor,” Portnoy said. “I was getting close to the point where I was going to cut this thing again and start bleeding until someone said, 'What's going on?' “This is a huge fucking scar and no one is saying anything.”
Portnoy then said on X, formerly Twitterthat the cancer “wasn't serious, thank God.”
David Portnoy of Barstool Sports (Tom Briglia/Getty Images)
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Portnoy bought back Barstool last year, initially selling the company for about $500 million, and bought it back for just $1 after the Penn-ESPN deal.
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