During an appearance on Von Miller’s podcast earlier this week, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons argued that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts had benefited from his surrounding talent. Many have argued on whether it was a shot at Hurts or not, with 94WIP morning host Angelo Cataldi certain it was, and he was angry with his co-workers for not defending the city’s quarterback.
“I hereby declare war on many of the people associated with this radio station, including the people that are replacing us,” Cataldi said. “I was well aware of the comments made by Micah Parsons, a great player but by all appearances is a freaking dumbbell. I don’t know if Penn State gave him a diploma, but they should ask for it back…then Jon Ritchie and Joe DeCamara, apparently stupid can be contagious.”
Cataldi then played the comments made by Parsons that claimed Hurts is helped by the Eagles roster and he isn’t the MVP of the league.
“All of this is well and good. I’m driving in and Johnson is doing one of those serenity now things, except there was nothing serene about it. He was upset, and he wasn’t naming names. So I went ‘Wait a minute’. There are people at WIP saying nothing. He referenced a tweet by our good friend and former Inquirer journalist Glen Macnow who said ‘Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think he disrespected him’. Glen, you may need to do what I just did and get your hearing checked out, ’cause I ended up getting hearing aids. But I don’t know what he’s thinking.”
“James Seltzer — who is the producer of the midday show — is gonna be part of the new show here comes on this show and sullies it with a bad comment when they were asking for his response.”
After playing the clip of Seltzer saying he didn’t think the comments were disrespectful, Cataldi continued his onslaught against his co-workers.
“Terrible!,” he shouted. “If I was here, they would have had to separate us. There would have been fisticuffs,” Cataldi joked. “It would have gotten physical.”
He then added he was relying on DeCamara and Ritchie to set Seltzer straight, but was let down after the pair argued that Parsons was being respectful rather than critical of Hurts.
“Is that a dumb take? Is that dumb take from Jon Ritchie?,” the legendary morning host reiterated. “It’s a dumb take!”
He then complimented Ike Reese for his take on the situation. The former Eagle was adamant it was a slight and intended to be disrespectful.
Cataldi concluded by jokingly demanding an apology from Seltzer, DeCamara, and Ritchie, shouting “This is war!”
