Dan Orlovsky Says He Was FURIOUS When Charles Barkley Won The Emmy For 'Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst' Over Him
I can never quite tell if Dan Orlovsky is 100% genuinely a weird ass (and kinda delusional) dude, or if he's just a top tier rage baiter. It's always the wacky food takes that make me question him. About once a year he'll pop on NFL Live to let the world know his favorite meal is a mayonnaise sandwich. Or Mina Kimes will take a hysterical candid video of Dan eating a Snickers Ice Cream bar like a big dumb idiot.
And the internet eats it up every time. "You're a mad man, Dan! This guy is a serial killer! Are you even seeing this @FBI?!
But that's crazy Dan Orlovsky for ya! He's not your every day average NFL quarterback turned media personality. He's an NFL quarterback media personality who has zany food eating habits. And in case you haven't heard, he ran out the back of his own end zone one time.
I'll give the guy credit. He manages to people talking about him one way or another. Like when out of thin air he'll tweet a link to his personal daddy blog, where he advises married men to never be one-on-one with a woman, or else you might fall penis first into a vagina.
Other times you'll turn on ESPN to see Dan Orlovskly leading the the set of 'NFL Live' in prayer.
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He's kinda become ESPN's token weird guy. To the point that people on the internet go out of their way to dunk on him for things that aren't even that crazy. He once said on Twitter that he only washes his bath towel once a month.
He took so much heat for that. I'm not saying he shouldn't be washing his towels more often. It's definitely kinda gross. But that's certainly not the most disgusting thing I've heard. But because it was Dan Orlovsky, it made way bigger headlines than it ever should have.
I can never quite tell how self-aware Dan Orlovsky is. Does he know the type of reaction he's going to get when he posts a "How To Not Cheat On Your Wife" blog? He obviously does to some extent. You don't become a successful ESPN media personality by complete accident. If you want to make it in that world, you have to genuinely believe in your heart-of-hearts that you are a more Outstanding Personality/Studio Analyst than Charles Barkley.
Yahoo – “Of course I was [furious] … I was like, 'Man, I really believe that I’ve had a strong run here. I really believe that I’ve separated myself.' I take pride in that. And I know who I was going up against, the greats of the great. And so I was like, 'I feel very confident about analyst.' I really did.
"And so when Charles won, I texted him. I have no business having Charles Barkley’s number, by the way, but I do, so I texted him, and I said something along the lines of ‘Will you stop winning?’ And he responded back with a laughing emoji face, 'You know it’s a team effort.’ And so, that one bothered me."
Fucking, Dan. It's admirable really. I wish I had that much blind confidence in myself. I know they give out Emmy's like free candy nowadays, so the idea of Dan Orlovsky winning one isn't crazy at all. But when I read the list of people who were up for that particular award: Charles Barkley, Kirk Herbstreit, Nate Burleson, Ryan Clark, Dan Orlovsky… it would never have crossed my mind that Dan would win that. I'd rightfully think Charles Barkley was a shoe in. If anything, maybe Kirk Herbstreit could pull off an upset. But Dan Orlovsky seething in his chair after the Emmy's told him he wasn't as good as Charles Barkley… c'mon Dan. You must have seen that one coming.
Although in fairness to Dan, the title of that award does include the word "analyst". Charles Barkley will sit on TV and openly admit he doesn't watch NBA games, or that he doesn't know half the players in the league. If it were strictly an "studio analyst" award, then maybe he'd have a gripe. Unfortunately, when you factor in the "outstanding personality" aspect… with all due respect, Dan… there's not enough Mason Rudolph vs Zone Coverage film breakdowns in the world that will outweigh how much more outstanding of a personality Charles Barkley has than you (and pretty much everybody else in the world for that matter).
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But all's well that ends well. Dan Orlovsky didn't go home empty handed that night. 'NFL Live' took home the Emmy for 'Outstanding Studio Show – Daily'. Thankfully the 'Inside The NBA' crew would rather die than do a show 5 days a week.