Feits says he refused to do interviews with Rapaport

The new episode came out of Central Park, and somewhere between the foliage and the cue cards Feits told the Rapaport story.

Viva La Stool

@VivaLaStool

“I’m pretty good at meeting someone and being like, naa that’s not it. Rapport was the easiest, I would refuse to do interviews with that guy. That guy fuckin sucked. I think Kevin did 2 KFC Radio interviews solo cuz they were trying to do like the carwash when you get a new hire and I was just like I don’t wanna sit in a room with that guy” -Feits

That's about as blunt as it gets. Feits says he's "pretty good at meeting someone and being like, naa that's not it," and Rapaport was the easiest call he ever made. The way he tells it, Barstool wanted the usual new-hire treatment, the carwash where a fresh name makes the rounds across the network's shows. Kevin ended up doing 2 KFC Radio interviews solo because Feits didn't want to be in the room.

If you weren't around for it, the Michael Rapaport era at Barstool was short and loud. He had a podcast on the network, I AM RAPAPORT, and it fell apart in February 2018 after a Twitter war with Barstool people that ended with him tweeting that "if you call yourself a fucking stoolie for real, you've already lost in life." Dave Portnoy fired him on video within hours. Insulting the whole fanbase got him the boot, and his line about the stoolies was the one Barstool pointed to.

So Feits saying 8 years later that he read the guy right on day 1 doesn't land as a hot take. It's a victory lap. Most people at Barstool who had a Rapaport opinion said it after he was gone. Feits says he acted on his before that, which is either great instincts or great hindsight, and he'd tell you it's the first one.

It also fits what How'd We Get Here is. The show is just Feits outdoors around New York with a mic and a stack of cards, telling stories from his life and taking listener questions, and this one had more than Rapaport in it. Another clip from the same park session shows the cards turning philosophical.

Barstool Sports

@barstoolsports

What is your purpose?

That's the reason to watch the show. You can go from "what is your purpose" to "that guy fuckin sucked" in the same episode, and Feits has been at Barstool long enough to have a story for every name you throw at him. Rapaport is just the one he was most eager to tell.