ESPN host calls Texans' J.J. Watt a phony and a fraud

ESPN Radio show host Jon "Stugotz" Weiner ripped into Houston Texans' J.J. Watt on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Thursday. ESPN Radio show host Jon "Stugotz" Weiner ripped into Houston Texans' J.J. Watt on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Thursday. Image 1 of / 182 Caption Close ESPN host calls Texans' J.J. Watt a phony and a fraud 1 / 182 Back to Gallery

Although Texans star J.J. Watt is beloved in Houston, that isn't necessarily the case around the country.

The venom for Watt was especially strong on ESPN Radio on Thursday when Jon "Stugotz" Weiner ripped into Watt on national radio on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.

Stugotz has a history of trolling Watt, getting upset after the Texans' playoff loss, saying Watt should have told Bill O'Brien not to call a trick play with him in the game on offense.

Now, he's upset about Watt posting Snapchat videos during Kobe Bryant's historic final game that showed him in the gym late at night.

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Watt posted SnapChat videos with timestamps that show him working out in his Wisconsin gym at 10:34 p.m., then shutting down the lights at 11:03 p.m. and posting a message about working out instead of watching basketball.

"Kobe Bryant got to where he is by working his (butt) off. By showing up early, staying late," Watt said in the video. "Workouts like tonight are inspired by Mamba. I want to get like Mamba not watch him."

And that's what set Stugotz off. On Thursday's show, he said:

"Get over yourself, man. Seriously. Why do you have to make their night - Kobe's night and Steph (Curry's) night - about J.J. Watt? And, I don't believe you for one second that you were there lifting weights and working out rather than watching the basketball. I don't believe him for one second. That's what bothers me about him. He's a phony and he's a fraud. So, you can take a picture of yourself working out and post it on Instagram, and then tell everyone that you're not watching Kobe and Steph? You can do that, but my bet is that he posted that while watching Kobe and Steph."

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Co-host Amin Elhassan pointed out that perhaps Watt has a TV in his personal gym, and maybe he watched the games while working out. That wasn't enough to calm down Stugotz.

"I'm tired of him, man. You've got to admit, man, he does this all the time. He takes every opportunity to make a story about J.J. Watt. Last night, the story was Kobe, not J.J. Watt."

Of course, there is good reason for Watt to be putting in long hours in the gym since he's recovering from offseason surgery that repaired five torn muscles and his core. For what it's worth, he appears to be progressing nicely.

There is an option for Stugotz if he is tired of seeing J.J. Watt. He could always stop following him on Snapchat or Instagram.

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For his blood pressure's sake, hopefully Stugotz unfollowed him, because Watt posted another Snapchat video from the gym at 8:01 this morning.