Brandon Tierney elaborates on why he axed Paul O’Neill interview over Josh Donaldson controversy

Hours after WFAN host Brandon Tierney abruptly cancelled an interview with Paul O’Neill because of his refusal to debate the Josh Donaldson controversy from the weekend, he fired off a tweet explaining his reasoning.

“My #1 precedence is the present. The viewers. That may by no means change. After we settle for dictated phrases of what we are able to/can't ask–and we settle for–all credibility is misplaced. That may by no means occur. To keep away from the most important matter of the weekend, merely can't have it,” Tierney tweeted.

“No disrespect in any respect,” he added to the top of the message.

My #1 precedence is the present. The viewers. That may by no means change. After we settle for dictated phrases of what we are able to/can't ask–and we settle for–all credibility is misplaced. That may by no means occur. To keep away from the most important matter of the weekend, merely can't have it.

No disrespect in any respect.

— Brandon Tierney (@BrandonTierney) Might 23, 2022

O’Neill was supposed to look on “Tiki and Tierney” — the mid-morning present that includes Tierney and ex-Giants working again Tiki Barber — on Monday to advertise his new e-book, “Swing and a Hit,” co-written by Jack Curry. However the ex-Yankees star and present YES Community analyst informed the radio station that he wouldn't focus on Donaldson, who had been headlining information for the Yankees after he known as White Sox star Tim Anderson “Jackie” — referring to Jackie Robinson — throughout an trade on Saturday.

Tierney made the choice to tug the plug on the interview dwell on air, after the duo had spent a majority of the present discussing the scenario earlier than O’Neill was supposed to affix.

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“I mentioned, ‘We will’t do the interview if that's the case.’ I mentioned, ‘Please inform Paul, we'll navigate this responsibly. We won't belabor it. However I can’t have Paul O’Neill on the present after we spent an hour and 35 minutes speaking about Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson and never ask him about what transpired,” Tierney mentioned on the time.

“That sucks. No disrespect to Paul. I really like him. Really, my second all-time favourite Yankee. We've got a duty to the present.”

Donaldson was suspended Monday for one recreation on account of the remark, which was dubbed “racist” by White Sox supervisor Tony La Russa. Donaldson was additionally positioned on the COVID IL across the similar time the suspension was handed down.