ESPN Pulls Hank Williams Jr. Monday Night Football Theme After His Obama-Hitler Comparison
ESPN announced they were dropping Hank Williams Jr. from Monday Night Football following his controversial comments this morning on Fox and Friends comparing President Obama to Adolph Hitler.
“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,” ESPN said in a statement. ” We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
Williams’s song “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” with the iconic line, “Are You Ready For Some Football?” has been used as the Monday Night Football theme for more than 20 years.
Watch the opener that will not be shown tonight below, courtesy of ESPN:
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