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Pat McAfee’s former employee Jeff Vibbert is speaking out following McAfee’s outburst.
On Monday, McAfee went viral wwhen he trashed the University of Utah for posting a video of students cracking jokes and doing impressions of him before his appearance on College GameDay. According to McAfee, he felt “uncomfortable” and cited Charlie Kirk’s assisination at Utah.
“I’ve really enjoyed this college football season. Did not enjoy the University of Utah,” McAfee said during Monday’s show. “Did not enjoy it.”
“You know why I didn’t like it mostly? Right before I go out there, okay, right before I go out there, I see the University of Utah’s Instagram page, okay?… They put out a video, can you do an impression of Pat McAfee? And one kid goes, ‘Ah, he’s corny.’ Another kid calls me creepy. Okay, if these kids would have done this on their own blogs, all good. I mean, everybody’s taking shots at me anyways for everything. I get it. If the two ladies that were hosting that put that out on their own blog, I’d be okay with it. Hey, you, you’re allowed to do what you— the university puts that out? Like, as I’m about to go out and do an infomercial for the place, and then I’m walking in front of thousands of these people, this is how the university feels about it?
“And then I thought to myself, has anything like really scary happened at like a college gathering in the state of Utah recently?” asked McAfee. “Like, do we think we should be amplifying reasons for why people hate my guts as a university? I don’t know.”
🚨 Pat McAfee GOES OFF on the University of Utah 😳
He says he’s never felt so uncomfortable, even bringing up what happened at UVU last year.
“I did not enjoy the University of Utah.”
HOLY SMOKES 💀 https://t.co/YCXQPM3vEH
— Bill (@Billgetzfroggy) October 26, 2026
Jeff Vibbert, who worked alongside McAfee at Barstool Sports, described what it was like to work for McAfee.
According to Vibbert, McAfee was constantly paranoid and felt people were always trying to get him.
“I think that paranoia is who he is. Like, he’s always paranoid. When we were working there, you’re just kind of walking on eggshells wondering what he’s going to be like emotionally when he shows up, who he’s going to be mad at, who he’s going to be Feuding with. He just has a paranoia where— and you have to go along with it. You’re like, yep, this paranoia. You have to co-sign the paranoia and be yep, you’re very valid in what you’re thinking.”
Vibbs reveals what it was really like working for Pat McAfee
Full ep here ⬇️⬇️
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