Howard Stern rips Phil Mickelson for ‘selling out’ to ‘piece of s–t’ Saudis

Howard Stern lashed out at prime golfers like Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson for "promoting out" to Saudi Arabia.
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Howard Stern condemned Phil Mickelson and different golf professionals who took half within the Saudi-backed LIV Tour for “promoting out” to “actual items of s–t.”

Mickelson, who joined the LIV Tour for a reported $200 million, has change into the face of a public relations nightmare triggered by the exodus of prime golfers from the PGA Tour to the brand new startup league backed by a Saudi sovereign wealth fund.

Mickelson and almost two dozen different golfers have been suspended by the PGA Tour because of their determination to hitch the Saudi-backed startup.

“They’re promoting out,” Stern stated of Mickelson and different golfers on his SiriusXM present.

Stern’s, whose feedback had been compiled by the net information web site Mediaite, blasted Saudi Arabia for buying high-priced athletes for its occasions in hopes of enhancing its picture within the eyes of foreigners.

“They’re actual items of sh-t and so they bought some huge cash so it permits them to be items of sh-t on a giant degree,” Stern stated. “Usually, in the event that they didn’t have oil there, you wouldn’t hear from these guys, you’d by no means know what they imagine, they’d be speaking to a sheep and a camel.”

Stern took purpose at Mickelson on his SiriusXM present on Monday.

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Stern added: “However they, sadly, have a lot cash that they will unfold their diseased mind energy everywhere in the world and now they wanna begin a golf event, not a event, a league.”

High golfers like Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, and Bryson DeChambeau agreed to participate within the first-ever LIV Tour occasion final week regardless of harsh criticism from the households of those that died within the 9/11 terrorist assaults.

Mickelson and different golfers have squirmed uncomfortably when requested by reporters about Saudi Arabia’s abysmal human rights report. On his radio present on Monday, Stern performed audio of Mickelson’s information convention through which he appeared on the defensive.

“I don’t condone human rights violations. I don’t understand how I may be any extra clear,” Mickelson stated.

“However I’ll put up with it for $200 million,” Stern instantly chimed in.

Mickelson acquired a reported $200 million to defect from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed LIV Tour.

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Mickelson on Monday struggled to reply reporters’ questions throughout a promotional press convention earlier than the upcoming US Open at The Nation Membership in Brookline, Mass.

The 51-year-old, three-time Masters winner was grilled for almost half an hour by reporters who peppered him with questions on his defection to the LIV Tour.

One urgent subject Mickelson was requested about was the letter he and the opposite gamers concerned with LIV Golf acquired from the group “9/11 Households United’’ denouncing their selections to align with the Saudis since 15 of the 19 hijackers had been from that nation. 

“I'd say to everybody that has misplaced family members, misplaced mates on 9/11 that I've deep, deep empathy for them,” Mickelson stated. “I can’t emphasize that sufficient.”