Boston WEEI’s former on-again, off-again, foul-mouthed-but-ratings-king Kirk Minihane is on again – his own show that is – blasting his ex-colleagues as “gigantic *ssholes.”
Minihane on his show earlier this week blasted Rich Shertenlieb, who is co-hosting on WEEI a new weekday afternoon show with Ken Laird and Ted Johnson.
“I told people way before Fred did that Shertenlieb is a gigantic *sshole,” Minihane said, referring to Shertenlieb’s ex-partner and now nemesis on a different radio station, Fred Toucher.
“That show is f*cking dead. A year from now it’s gone.”
Shertenlieb is a veteran Boston broadcaster, first arriving in 2006, co-hosting afternoon drive on WBCN, before becoming part of the launch of 98.5 The Sports Hub in 2009.
“I’m thrilled to be at WEEI and reunite with my buddy and one of my favorite colleagues, Ted Johnson, and work with Ken to see what we can build together,” Shertenlieb said recently in a WEEI press release.
Minihane isn’t a fan.
“Rich really wants people to think he’s a good guy. But everybody I’ve ever talked to about him say he’s a gigantic *sshole,” Minihane ranted.
“And Ted Johnson is a neanderthal moron and poor Ken has nothing to do – he just sits there. Shertenlieb doesn’t even want him there – it’s the ‘Shertenlieb Show.’”
Then this from Minihane: “Mike Thomas, the program director of WEEI, may be the dumbest person of all time.”
Minihane called Toucher an *sshole but kind of a good *sshole.
“Fred’s like me – he’s an *sshole but… you don’t see me on here saying ‘I’m a great guy.’”
As for the future of WEEI and its ratings, Minihane offered up himself as a sacrificial lamb.
“There’s only one person in the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts who could make it work and you’re looking at him.” – Kirk Minihane
