Dave Portnoy recently replied to Kendra Middleton after she posted on X about wanting to block Barstool Sports from her feed. For the uninformed, Portnoy founded Barstool Sports, a sports and popular culture company, in 2003. Meanwhile, Kendra Middleton is an on-air host, reporter, and podcaster.On November 16, 2025, Kendra Middleton took to her X account @KenniMiddleton to ask her 40.5K followers how to "block B*arstool and everything their employees do from [her] feed." The post went viral, amassing over 9.6 million views and 13K likes at the time of writing this article.The viral post also caught Dave Portnoy's attention, who revealed in a quote tweet that Middleton had previously reached out to him for an internship sometime before April 2020. His post, which included a screenshot of Middleton's message, read:"Hmm here is a start. Maybe stop applying for jobs. Algo is clearly confused."In the message, Kendra Middleton has requested an opportunity for a summer internship with Dave Portnoy, adding:"Hey Dave! My name is Kendra and I recently sent you an email applying for a Summer internship. I know you have been extremely busy lately so I also wanted to reach out to you here. I have interned for The Game in San Francisco and am currently with ESPN 106.7. I would love to join your team this Summer given the opportunity. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you!Kendra Middleton graduated from the University of New HampshireKendra Middleton's X account bio states that she is "Duval born, Boston based." According to her LinkedIn account, she attended Auburn University between 2016 and 2019. Middleton enrolled at the University of New Hampshire in 2018 and earned a bachelor's degree in communication and media studies in 2020.She interned for ESPN 106.7 while she was in college. In 2018, Middleton became a sideline/rinkside reporter for UNH Productions, a job she currently holds. She also works as a part-time on-air host for Dirty Water Media and 98.5 The Sports Hub. She is also co-host of The Favorites Podcast, which airs every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.Kendra Middleton has 32.6K followers on Instagram. Not much information is known about Middleton's personal life.Dave Portnoy was heckled with antisemitic comments during a pizza reviewAccording to The New York Post, Dave Portnoy was heckled with antisemitic comments by a Mississippi college student while he was filming a 'One Bite' pizza review in Starkville on November 7, 2025. For the uninformed, 20-year-old Patrick McClintock reportedly yelled “F**k the Jews" at Portnoy in the now viral video. The Mississippi State University student was arrested on November 10 and voluntarily withdrew as a student that same day. He was arrested on a misdemeanor charge and was released on a $2,500 bond. Dave Portnoy addressed the incident during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, which aired on November 16, adding that he noticed an uptick in antisemitic comments of late."It's every day now. Like, there's a definitive shift in what's going on...For me, being a Jewish person, like, you got to step up. You're kind of someone people look up to in the Jewish community. You have to be, like, 'All right, this is not normal ha-ha with the guys. People are coming up with real hate,'" Dave Portnoy added.In other news, Dave Portnoy dispelled rumors of him running for office when he appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, saying that he believed “99 percent of politicians are scumbags" and that he could get more things done as a private citizen. According to The Daily Beast, he also raised concerns about the safety aspect of entering politics, naming Charlie Kirk's assassination as an example.