Chris Mintz-Plasse, who played McLovin in Superbad, got into a Twitter fight with New York Daily News writer (and occasional ESPN talking head) Frank Isola about – what else? – the New York Knicks and Isola’s coverage of the team.
Oddly enough, the issue started a month ago regarding a column by…Mike Lupica?
Lupica: When will James Dolan realize Phil Jackson's plan isn't working? https://t.co/N9n14pFI4k pic.twitter.com/apm9Q0a0bD
— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) April 10, 2016
Man NY media is exhausting. I swear they cost us free agents. https://t.co/c0ChtGwxVt
— Knicks Dude (@knicksdude) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/MintzPlasse/status/720018189237637120
It took a month for Isola to acknowledge the tweet, which means his name searching game is way off.
Think this is dude who played McLovin. He's auditioning for role of Berman of the Post in "Triangle 2" RT@MintzPlasse: DAMNIT ISOLA GO AWAY.
— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) May 9, 2016
McLovin’s response was rather tongue in cheek.
https://twitter.com/MintzPlasse/status/729822796335833088
And then Isola took it to a different level by slandering McLovin’s performance in Pitch Perfect.
U nearly ruined "Pitch Perfect" not me RT@MintzPlasse: @FisolaNYDN I I DONT FIND THIS CLEVER, GET NEW JOB OUTSIDE OF KNICKS & NEVER BOSTON
— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) May 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/MintzPlasse/status/729828574325137408
Except final scene RT@MintzPlasse: @FisolaNYDN PITCH PERFECT IS A GEM & LOVED BY MILLIONS WHICH NOBODY CAN SAY ABOUT YOUR REPORTS FOR KNICKS
— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) May 10, 2016
I wonder how seriously Isola was actually taking this all. McLovin clearly wasn’t taking it seriously, because he’s not even a Knicks fan – he cheers for the Celtics.
https://twitter.com/MintzPlasse/status/729838595851198464
I mean…that’s taking trolling to a new level – getting into a Twitter fight with a beat writer of a team you don’t even cheer for.
I don’t think we can really declare a winner or loser here – it’s like a charity boxing match that one person doesn’t realize is for charity. But in a situation like that, isn’t the person taking things way too seriously the loser? The mute button gets smashed for Frank Isola after this one.
UPDATE: Here’s Isola talking about the Twitter fight on SiriusXM NBA Radio:
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