Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy Was Suspended From Twitter, Quickly Reinstated
Dave Portnoy was suspended from Twitter Friday evening in what came as a bit of a shock to most on the website. It was unclear what he was banned for. The founder of Barstool Sports was reinstated a few hours later, so it's not clear if the ban was a mistake or not.
WHO COULD’VE SEEN THIS COMING: Dave Portnoy from Barstool Sports and co-host of the BFFs podcast gets suspended on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/Wc0rDG3yaH
— Def Noodles (@defnoodles) June 18, 2021
After he disappeared #freeportnoy rapidly trended on Twitter. No one seemed to understand why he got the boot and several news organizations quickly posted stories about the suspension.
Here's the tweet that might have done it, since it has been removed from his timeline:
Dave Portnoy suspended from twitter for threatening to drop his nuts on $penn basher’s head #FreeDavePortnoy pic.twitter.com/w7uvdh7c2G
— Lenny (@BMafia29) June 19, 2021
Portnoy announced he was back a few hours later at 9:09 p.m. ET:
I’m back. #freeportnoy pic.twitter.com/EeY0hnelrO
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 19, 2021
Apparently his offense wasn't that serious. Maybe someone at headquarters had a quick trigger on the ban button, then the company thought better of it.