{"id":775297,"date":"2026-02-25T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775297\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:39:24","slug":"ex-nfl-mvp-insults-eileen-gu-in-another-olympics-hot-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775297\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL MVP Insults Eileen Gu In Another Olympics Hot Take"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason called freestyle skier Eileen Gu<\/a> \u201cinsufferable\u201d on his WFAN radio show.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a very, very attractive woman and she\u2019s extremely bright \u2014 she went to Stanford \u2014 but if you listen to her post-participation interviews, she\u2019s insufferable,\u201d he said as co-host Gregg Giannotti laughed. \u201cShe is. It\u2019s hard to listen to. But then again, it\u2019s an individual sport by an individual person talking about herself as opposed to talking about her teammates or the support that she received.\u201d<\/p>\n

“She\u2019s a very attractive woman and she\u2019s extremely bright, she went to Stanford. But if you listen to her post participation interviews, she\u2019s insufferable” – Boomer Esiason on Eileen Gu pic.twitter.com\/wLZELJx383<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The Winter Olympics <\/a>concluded Sunday with Gu appearing to leave quite the impression on the ex-New York Jets quarterback, who led the Cincinnati Bengals to a Super Bowl in the 1988 season and was the league MVP.<\/p>\n

Gu won gold in the halfpipe on the last day to further solidify her as the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history. She now has three golds and three silvers over two Games.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a problem for conservative critics because she collected the medals for China, where her mother was born, instead of for her native U.S.<\/p>\n

Gu\u2019s relationship with China has reportedly padded<\/a> her income by millions, Esiason noted. But supporters suggest that much of the resentment toward Gu is rooted in racism<\/a>. Several U.S.-born athletes competed for other countries at the Milan Cortina Games with far less controversy.<\/p>\n

\"EileenEileen Gu of Team China celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women’s freeski halfpipe final at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n

China News Service via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Esiason made news earlier in the Games by telling U.S. athletes to \u201cpipe down\u201d<\/a> on their anti-Trump views.<\/p>\n

He implied a similar sentiment about Gu, but for different remarks entirely.<\/p>\n

Giannotti brought up her recent exchange with The Athletic\u2019s <\/a>Charlotte Harpur. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t supposed to be a rude question, but do you think before you speak?\u201d Harpur asked. \u201cBecause you answer questions so quickly and so comprehensively, whether it\u2019s about geopolitics or your sport or aerodynamics. Can you take us into your brain?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an introspective young woman,\u201d Gu answered. \u201cI spend a lot of time in my head, and it\u2019s not a bad place to be. I journal a lot. I break down all of my thought processes. I think I apply a very analytical lens to my own thinking, and I modify it. Because it\u2019s so interesting, you can control what you think. You can control how you think, and therefore, you can control who you are. And especially as a young person, I\u2019m 22, so with neuroplasticity on my side, I can literally become exactly who I want to be. How cool is that? How empowering is that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will say that she\u2019s exceptionally bright and she has her answers,\u201d he said. \u201cShe knows how she\u2019s gonna answer things, that\u2019s for sure. But nobody\u2019s really asked her a tough question. But that answer that she gave was just insufferable.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Sunday\u2019s victory, Gu defended her alliance with China by echoing her intent to grow the sport and inspire youth there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are girls in China whose lives are going to be touched by the beautiful and wonderful power of sport,\u201d Gu said<\/a>. \u201cThat, in and of itself, is absolutely measured impact that I think I had always wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n