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A popular Notre Dame podcast host found himself in a bit of a stinky situation over the weekend when he rushed off camera in apparently effort to make it to the bathroom in time.
The incident in question took place on Sunday during the “Irish Breakdown” podcast as hosts Vince DeDario and Bryan Driskell discussed Notre Dame’s impressive 42-3 victory over Navy.
Mid-way through the episode, Driskell is discussing Notre Dame’s use of the run-pass option. At which point, DeDario then makes a strange face before leaning back in his chair and bolting off camera.
He thought he could sneak out the gas without the mic picking it up and it went left with the quickness https://t.co/C0T11P9V8U pic.twitter.com/BhgohKFGJM
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) August 29, 2023
Driskell then continues the show by himself for a period of time before DeDario is able to return. Viewers immediately began to speculate about what happened to DeDario, with the most common suggestion being that he had to make a sudden dash for the toilet.
First ballot podcaster hall of fame, you wish you were this dedicated to the game https://t.co/v14yi1AT1M
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) August 28, 2023
you can see the EXACT moment where that fart went sideways. https://t.co/YZwsV7Btgp
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) August 28, 2023
After the age of 30, never trust a fart https://t.co/rWfp4VLYYA
— Mark Scott (@mark_scott_04) August 28, 2023
Doing this will now be known as an Irish Breakdown. https://t.co/qlZiyCaXrh
— Moth (@TheAbyssOfWhoa) August 29, 2023
Now, listen, when you gotta go you gotta go. And maybe he didn’t have a say in the matter. But talk about awful timing.
It happens. I stand with Vince DeDario https://t.co/2p4YptaNc7
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) August 28, 2023
At least if it were just an audio recording he could’ve edited out the segment, but video is forever.
DeDario, however, had a solid alternate explanation for his immediate exit from the show.
I thought he was going upstairs to lay down some fire and brimstone too, Bryan, but not on the children 💀
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) August 29, 2023
“I’ll be honest. I got two massive, out of nowhere, two massive cramps in my quads,” he claimed. “I was like, ‘I’m dying right now.’…I felt like I got sniped, is what it felt like.”
Now, is it possible he had horrible leg cramps? Sure, nobody was there to say for sure.
But anybody who has had leg cramps will tell you that they’re probably not standing up from a chair or moving that quickly.
I would say he's full of 💩but I think at this point the opposite is actually true https://t.co/ThZnYhwIoO
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) August 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/RedDirtSport/status/1696334880454447392?s=20
Nah. He got two stomach cramps and it was time. https://t.co/Ef5sAQuA0b
— Phil Spain (@philenespanol) August 29, 2023
Nope. He ran away. Not what you would do with a cramp. https://t.co/U7BwWxW5v1
— Travis Rockhold (@TravisRockhold) August 29, 2023
But hey, credit to our boy Vince for trying to come up with something on the fly. Paul Pierce would be proud.
Though we’re not sure he’s ever living this one down either way.