Kirk Seamus Minihane is an American

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and podcaster. He currently hosts the

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podcast ''The Kirk Minihane Show'' and co-hosts ''The Unnamed Show''.

Early life

Minihane is the son of the late Peter J. Minihane and Patricia Doucet. His mother was from

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, Canada.

Career

Minihane joined WEEI.com as a sports columnist in 2009. In February 2013, he joined the '' Dennis and Callahan''

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morning radio show as the third host alongside John Dennis and Gerry Callahan. 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. In November 2018, he left ''Kirk and Calahan'' to start his own show on WEEI's parent company, Radio.com. The show never materialized, and Minihane left the company in May 2019. Later that month, he joined

. At Barstool, he hosts ''The Kirk Minihane Show''

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, the Case

, and ''The Unnamed Show'' with

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and Ryan Whitney.

Controversies

In July 2014, Minihane called reporter

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a "gutless bitch" and said that she should "drop dead" for her interview of

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after the

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. 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. In June 2015, Minihane was suspended after an on-air shouting match with

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Personal life

Minihane has been open about his struggles with mental health. In August 2018, he was admitted to a hospital after having suicidal thoughts.

References

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