Chris Russo torches ABC for ‘horrific’ Bill Belichick interview: ‘They sold their journalism chops’

Michael Strahan asked about Jordon Hudson while interviewing Bill Belichick, but Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo still believes a lot was left to be desired.

Belichick recently stopped by ABC’s Good Morning America to promote his new book, The Art of Winning. And according to Russo, everyone involved with the interview should be ashamed.

Russo joined The Rich Eisen Show hosted by Suzy Shuster Monday afternoon, where he dubbed DeflateGate the weirdest story he ever covered. Shuster aptly noted Belichick’s current marriage to UNC and his relationship with Hudson should be added to the list, which sent Russo on a rant about ABC.

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“Michael Strahan was not Mike Wallace on Good Morning America,” Russo said. “One of the most awkward interviews I’ve ever seen in my life. What ABC did there, ABC gave carte blanche to Belichick. ‘Bill, we want you on, tell us what questions you want us to ask.’ Horrific. ABC was horrific that essentially, they sold their journalism chops to make sure Belichick, because he was in the news, was on the air.”

In addition to his SiriusXM Radio show, Russo works for ABC’s sister network, ESPN as a weekly contributor on Stephen A. Smith’s First Take. Working for ESPN, however, didn’t stop Russo from ripping the UFC or mocking Disney, and it similarly didn’t stop him from questioning ABC’s interview with Belichick.

“That was a horrific job by a worthy news organization. And then they put Strahan in a tough spot, because we all know Strahan is not Mike Wallace,” Russo continued. “No knock against Strahan, but that’s an impossible situation…he’s not gonna put him on the spot.”

Strahan did what everyone hoped he would do during the nine-minute interview and asked Belichick about his 24-year-old girlfriend. But Russo wasn’t satisfied. Russo wanted Strahan to press Belichick on omitting Bob Kraft from his book, divorcing the New England Patriots, benching Malcom Butler in Super Bowl LII, and failing to get hired by the Atlanta Falcons.

“There’s so many things you gotta ask him, and they asked him nothing!” Russo ranted. “Oh my god it was bad.”

Usually, when something bothers Russo this much, he riffs about it during his “What are you mad about?” segment on First Take. It will be very interesting to see if ESPN gives Russo the platform to rip ABC for its Bill Belichick interview this week.