Kirk Minihane is an American radio host and podcaster. He currently hosts the Barstool Sports podcast The Kirk Minihane Show and co-hosts The Unnamed Show.
Minihane is the son of the late Peter J. Minihane and Patricia Doucet. His mother was from Nova Scotia, Canada. [1] [2]
Minihane joined WEEI.com as a sports columnist in 2009. In February 2013, he joined the Dennis and Callahan WEEI-FM morning radio show as the third host alongside John Dennis and Gerry Callahan. [3] [4] In August 2016, the show was renamed Kirk and Callahan after Dennis left WEEI.
In September 2018, Minihane took an indefinite leave of absence from Kirk and Callahan because of mental-health issues. [5] [6] In November 2018, he left Kirk and Calahan to start his own show on WEEI's parent company, Radio.com. [7] [8] The show never materialized, and Minihane left the company in May 2019. [9] Later that month, he joined Barstool Sports. [10] At Barstool, he hosts The Kirk Minihane Show podcast and The Unnamed Show with Dave Portnoy and Ryan Whitney.
In July 2014, Minihane called reporter Erin Andrews a "gutless bitch" and said that she should "drop dead" for her interview of Adam Wainwright after the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. [11] [12] He was originally not disciplined for the comments after issuing an apology, but he was later suspended for a week after further criticism of Andrews. [13] [14]
In June 2015, Minihane was suspended after an on-air shouting match with Christian Fauria. [15]
Minihane has been open about his struggles with mental health. [16] [17] In August 2018, he was admitted to a hospital after having suicidal thoughts. [18]