Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS broadcaster Tony Romo was arrested for OWI last week in Wisconsin. Bodycam footage of that arrest was published by TMZ on Tuesday. Within hours of that, conversation had already drifted to an unexpected place in the podcast realm.
“She has something against Tony right there,” McCoy said on his “Speakeasy” show. “Unless she gambled. She might have placed some bets on Tony. On a serious note, though, sometimes I think, and I’m not saying the law enforcement, but sometimes, like, we’re overdoing our job. Because he doesn’t even seem drunk.”
Emmanuel Acho attempted to clarify exactly what McCoy was saying by directly asking if it was that Romo should be given a pass, which McCoy was easily able to answer.
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“I’m giving him a pass, God dang it,” McCoy said before asking why Acho also wouldn’t give him a pass.
“If you’re driving under the influence I will never give you a pass,” Acho explained. That serious comment lingered for barely a split second before everyone involved started laughing about an old viral video.
Romo’s arrest
During the interaction, Romo told officers he was leaving a golf course and was on his way to visit his grandparents. The conversation continued for several minutes as police conducted their investigation.
The footage eventually shows the former NFL star being placed in handcuffs and escorted into the back of a patrol vehicle, marking the conclusion of the roadside stop.
Reaction
Of all the things to happen after the Romo news became public last week, a podcast host suggesting that the officer involved wanted to arrest the CBS analyst because she had unsuccessfully bet on him in the past was not one of them. Also unexpected was this long and thorough of a defense for someone who was arrested for OWI.
It takes a unique confidence to pretend to know exactly what happened out on that golf course before this incident and to turn something this serious into a chance to embrace debate but that’s what happened.
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