1.5 years after show’s end, there’s no love lost between Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb
"I have stayed silent in an attempt to take the high road while Fred Toucher says untrue and slanderous things about me..."
"I have stayed silent in an attempt to take the high road while Fred Toucher says untrue and slanderous things about me..."
"Travis, what do you love more? Taylor Swift or phantom 15-yard roughing the passer penalties in the playoffs?"
"I’m not surprised and I’m very happy because I feel like he’s a backstabber and does not tell the truth."
"Rich Shertenlieb is a radio producer, he shouldn’t be on the air, he’s a bits guy."
Longtime Boston sports radio personality Rich Shertenlieb is making his return to the airwaves after a high profile breakup with Fred Toucher.
"As soon as I found out there might be a problem with Rich…I had one name in mind."
Rich Shertenlieb's sudden departure from the highly successful morning show is playing out in an entirely different media environment.
After a tumultuous year, Boston's top sports radio show Toucher and Rich came to an abrupt end on Friday.
The current tension continues what has been a strange year for The Sports Hub’s longtime morning show.
"I was like, 'All right, I've lost control, I've lost control of alcohol, I've lost control, I'm not thinking like me, I need to make sure that I'm in a position where I do not have the opportunity to drink.'"
"I don't know exactly when he'll be back, but I've been a friend of Fred's for years and I hope the best for him."
Toucher is back on the air, but Shertenlieb is curiously absent.
"I think that if I go to the doctor on Monday, he is going to give me permission to go back on the air."
"Not to sound dramatic, but it is possible a listener saved my life by setting up that appointment."
"If you’re ever negotiating a contract and have anything going on remotely sketchy, they will use that against you."
"I mean, it has occurred to me. Is my career over if I continue to talk like this?"
"I had to be operated on within 48 hours, or I could’ve lost my eyesight forever."