It Is With Great Shame And Regret That I Apologize For Ruining The Yak With Luke Combs Yesterday

Dante7/29/2025 4:20 PM

I’d like to take this opportunity to formally apologize to America, Barstool fans, my ancestors, the cast and crew, and, most importantly, to Mr. Luke Combs, for whatever that was on yesterday’s episode of The Yak.

You ever have one of those dreams where you’re in front of the class, completely naked, can’t remember your lines, and the entire room is staring at you in horror? That was my actual day, except it wasn’t a dream, and instead of classmates, it was Luke Combs, yes, the Luke Combs, sitting across from me while I made an ass out of myself.

I feel like a complete idiot. One minute, I was feeling vindicated- finally explaining why I got upset at Nicky Smokes over the weekend and having the entire Yak crew actually agree with me for once. Felt like I’d righted a cosmic wrong. The next minute, I was single-handedly ruining a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with one of the biggest stars in music, not just for myself, but for everybody.

Apparently, I went full Chris Farley Show: “Remember when you wrote ‘Beautiful Crazy’? That was… awesome.”

Maybe the absolute worst part of all this is the fact that I thought everything went great in the moment. I was on cloud nine. Serioysly.

Getting to chop it up with somebody I admire and respect so much, and having Luke turn out to be the most down-to-earth superstar I’ve ever met, only made it better. I got caught up in the moment and genuinely thought it went amazing. For a solid couple hours, I was walking around like I’d just won the lottery. We got Luke talking fantasy football- his drafts, his punishments, how winning his league title just once would mean more to him than winning a Grammy. Really good stuff I thought.

I even texted all the Yak cast and TJ, thanking them for allowing me the opportunity to come on the show and talk with somebody I love so much. I texted Dan,a thanking him for setting the entire thing up. Little did I know, the real lottery was about to hit me square in the jaw.

Last night, after seeing all the hate on Twitter, I thought, “I need to watch this episode and see if I’m missing something.” Well, mission accomplished. I couldn’t help but notice the first 10, 20, 50 comments on the video all saying the exact same thing- that I ruined an all-time Yak episode.

And now I feel fucking terrible. And like a real moron.

Genuinely. It’s one thing to know you bombed in the moment, but to think you crushed it and then get blindsided by a wave of “please never come back” is a special kind of soul-crushing.

I’m going to be staying far, far away from a microphone for a while. I’m taking a long break. Self-imposed ban. No more guest spots, no more shows. I’m putting myself in timeout until further notice. For the greater good. I need to let the memory of this disaster fade. My cattle drive in Wyoming can't be happening at a better time.

Sorry to the Yak crew and regulars who had to endure that, you all deserved better. Sorry to the fans who had to listen to me yell into the mic. Honestly, I'm sorry, I'm going deaf and need to get it fixed.. And, most of all, sorry to Luke Combs. You come on the show, give us like 2 hours of your time, and you get, whatever that was.

Rest assured, this one’s gonna bother me for a while. I’m already mentally preparing for having to go on this Barstool Beach House show in a couple weeks.