If you thought Eli Manning flipping the bird on “Monday Night Football” pissed off America, just wait ’til you hear about all the people upset with Marshawn Lynch dropping f-bombs.
Just kidding.
Two total viewers throughout the country wrote in to the Federal Communications Commission after Lynch said “s***” and “f***” while hanging out with Peyton and Eli on their Week 7 broadcast of the “ManningCast” … with one, in particular, going OFF in their complaint.
“NFL Player Marshawn Lynch made an appearance on ‘Monday Night Football’ with Peyton & Eli and repeatedly said ‘s***’ and ‘f***’ on live prime time television,” someone from Dahlonega, Georgia said.
“I had children in the room at the time and I am very upset that ESPN allowed Marshawn Lynch to repeatedly curse on live TV. I have an expectation when I turn on ESPN that I will not have to remove children from the room.”
There’s more … “ESPN could have warned him of the rules for live television in advance, monitored his speech and conduct when he was on the air, and removed him immediately after the first curse word was uttered. This is totally unacceptable!”
The pissed viewer said the network needs to be “sternly punished for violating FCC regulations” … although the FCC actually has no jurisdiction over ESPN or ESPN2.
The viewer even points out other times the “ManningCast” has had issues with swearing — perhaps Eli’s double bird or Travis Kelce‘s s-bomb.
The complaint continued … “Issuing an apology from Peyton is insufficient because it can’t take back what my children heard from Marshawn Lynch.”
The other complaint — from Greensboro, North Carolina — was also passionate, but a bit briefer in getting their point across.
“The ESPN2 broadcast on Monday night was laced with vulgar words from Marshawn Lynch,” it reads. “Peyton Manning apologized for it, but there is no place on this type of show at this hour for this language.”
Remember, Marshawn’s appearance was way back in October … so we’re sure the two viewers are already over it by now.
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