In the most subtle, low-key fashion, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed he had, and beat, cancer.The 47-year-old revealed the diagnosis on an episode of « The BFFs Pod » when his co-hosts took note of a scar on his neck.Portnoy said he « beat it » and replied yes when it was skin cancer « lying in the sun all day with no sunscreen. »CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM »I’ve had a heart attack, cancer and stung by bees, beat it all, » Portnoy joked. »I went to a doctor, did a skin thing, they scrape it, and one of them came back cancerous; got to take it out, » Portnoy added.Portnoy said that he had actually been trying to get people to notice the scar. « I’ve been trying to shove it in people’s faces, » Portnoy said.But he did say he kept the operations to himself.BARRY BONDS, WILLIE MAYS’ GODSON, POSTS TRIBUTE TO FELLOW GIANTS LEGEND »I didn’t even tell anyone I was doing it. It was all part of my master plan. God forbid the [Boston] Celtics lost last night, I was going to be like ‘I have cancer. I don’t want to talk about it.’ But they won. »Portnoy said he and his fellow Barstool hosts were recording a recap of the Celtics’ NBA Finals victory, but no one even mentioned the scar or a bandage on his neck from his celebratory cigar video he posted. »It’s almost like they know I’m going to call myself a cancer survivor, » Portnoy said. « I was getting close to the point I was going to re-cut this thing open and just start bleeding until somebody would be like, ‘What is going on?’ This is a huge f—ing scar, and nobody’s saying anything. »Portnoy then said on X, formerly Twitter, that the cancer « wasn’t the serious kind thank god. »Portnoy bought back Barstool last year, initially selling the company for about $500 million, and he bought it back for just $1 after the Penn-ESPN deal.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy reveals he recently ‘beat’ cancer
