Kelly Stafford has jumped in off the top rope after Barstool Sports personality Jersey Jerry revealed a years-long beef with “Entourage” actor Kevin Connolly.
Jerry, whose real name is Gerard Gilfone, appeared on Barstool’s “Unnamed” podcast with Dave Portnoy, Kirk Minihane and ex-NHL defenseman Ryan Whitney, and lambasted Whitney for putting out a video with Connolly, whom he accused of stiffing him on a previous content deal.
Stafford, the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, reached out to Jerry through direct messages that she also had a poor experience with the man who played Vincent Chase’s manager “E”.
“You’re putting out videos with a bad guy. He’s a very, very bad person. He f–ked me really bad,” Jerry told Whitney, who then asked what happened.
Jerry explained on Friday that he was collaborating with Robby Berger, who hosts the “Bob Does Sports” podcast, and that Connolly “poached” them to work for his podcast network, ActionPark Media.
“We took a chance. We went there. This guy made me sign a deal. I signed a deal for $50,000,” Jerry said.
“I guess he [Connolly] got banged up one night, maybe had a few too many drinks, ended up firing Bobby. He said Bobby sucked. His content wasn’t good enough. He didn’t know what he was doing. Bobby’s a superstar now.
“He fired Bob. I was messaging him for two weeks. No answer … Then I get a text at nighttime, around 11 o’clock, from a producer. He didn’t even have the balls to message me, this little punk, little f–king rat scammer.”
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Jerry was adamant that Connolly owed him $35,000, plus $4,500 he spent on a lawyer in California in a fruitless attempt to get the balance of his contract.
After seeing the video, Kelly Stafford messaged Jerry with claims of her own poor working experience with Connolly.
“Did my podcast under him at action park for a year,” she wrote.
“Super Bowl year. Had a merch drop that sold out in 48 hours and got paid ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. My husband wants to beat his ass, but I’d rather see what happens to him in prison.”
She gave Jerry permission to share their exchange and added, “I didn’t want to say anything because I didn’t want the first year in LA to be about me, starting a war with a celebrity … but my show is completely sold out every show, and I got nothing. Was thinking about suing him for all of it but instead, I just told him I wanted the RSS feed to my podcast because I didn’t realize that I didn’t even [own] that.”
Connolly has yet to publicly address Jerry and Stafford’s claims and did not immediately return The Post’s request for comment
After mulling it over, Whitney tweeted that his video with Connolly “will be removed from the internet as soon as possible” and that his “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast “stands in solidarity with @Jerrythekid21 and all the other people owed money.”
