*Hank Williams Jr. issued an official apology on his website and Facebook page Tuesday, one day after ESPN pulled his introductory song for Monday Night Football after the singer used an analogy involving Adolf Hitler and President Barack Obama to make a political point.
In an interview Monday on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” Williams, unprompted, said of Obama’s golf outing with House Speaker John Boehner: “It’d be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.”
Asked to clarify, Williams said, “They’re the enemy,” adding that by “they” he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Williams backed off Tuesday, writing on Facebook and his website: “The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin and high fiven on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement. I am very sorry if it offended anyone.”
ESPN pulled his song, “All My Rowdy Friends,” which has opened Monday Night Football for two decades. In a statement Monday prior to the Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game, ESPN said: “While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
Williams issued a statement through his publicist on Monday night, saying in part: “Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme — but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me — how ludicrous that pairing was. They’re polar opposites and it made no sense. They don’t see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president.”
As for Tuesday’s statement, ESPN had no comment at press time on whether Williams’ song would be used on future telecasts.
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yo, redneck! its a wrap! get it through your head. its high time the nfl get their headz out of their azzez and stepped into the 21st century. the nfl is 99.9 black. gets some hip hop as a theme song. or, switch up the genre’s from week to week. u can have some country, but get some jazz when they play in new orleans, some grunge in seattle, some neo soul when they hit philly. just mix the dayum shty up. they can sing the same dumz azz song if thats what u want, but have them put the flavor on it. but stop beating us over the head with the hillbilly shyt best reserved for nascar.
LMAO!! I agree huey! I don’t even watch the openings of the football games no way because your right…it’s always some COUNTRY song (i.e. Faith Hill) like that’s what everybody listens too! And to have that REDNECK RACIST BASTARD as the opening has sealed the deal for me!
Everybody entitled to their own opinion, but there’s away to go about it. You just referenced a man that tried to wipe out a whole group of people! MORON!
Well, I guess he will apologize to the high heavens because ESPN pulled his song from Monday Night Football and it is going to mess with his moolah!! and he does not know if they will ppull it permanently. that is all he is concerned about. I say get another theme song for the telecast and it will serve his azz right.
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