Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is laughing off the internet’s new obsession — his “pizza belly.”
The 48-year-old media mogul went viral on Sunday after cameras captured him celebrating in a luxury suite with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft during the team’s home win. But while many fans focused on the Patriots, others zeroed in on Portnoy’s appearance — specifically, his visible midsection — sparking a wave of teasing comments about his love of pizza and his famous “One Bite” reviews.
Portnoy, never one to back down from a viral moment, responded in classic self-deprecating fashion. Sharing a screenshot from the broadcast, he quipped on social media, “DSLR really does add 100 pounds.”
He expanded on the situation Monday morning during his Wake Up Barstool appearance, candidly admitting, “I’m definitely getting fat — there’s no doubt about that.”
Still, Portnoy made it clear he’s not losing sleep over the internet’s jokes. “At some level, I’m 48 — that’s just genetics,” he said. “I eat pizza every day. I don’t really work out. I’m not going to go on Ozempic. I’m a big believer in eating.”
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True to form, he revealed his postgame ritual only added to the joke: “When I got home after that screenshot went viral, I made what I call ‘emergency Italian’ — some pasta, garlic bread, a little late-night carb-loading celebration. I’m not going to let it get me down. It is what it is.”
Portnoy, who has built a digital empire off his signature pizza reviews and unfiltered personality, remains one of the most polarizing figures in sports media — equally comfortable taking a joke as he is dishing one out.
The viral moment comes on the heels of another headline-making incident involving Portnoy last week in Mississippi, where he confronted an antisemitic heckler while filming a “One Bite” analysis. The heckler shouted slurs during the recording, prompting Portnoy to stop mid-analysis and call the man out on DSLR — a video that quickly spread across social media.
Despite the string of viral clips — one mocking, one disturbing — Portnoy continues to embrace both the attention and his unfiltered lifestyle. As he put it with a grin, “I’m not that vain. I’ll take the belly if it comes with the pizza.”
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