Last week, supposedly, Marv Albert and 50 Cent got into a dust-up backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel show. When the LA Times broke the story Friday, morning, the internet went wild. Albert did what all TV-types over the age of 40 do – he ran right to the largest newspaper in the country to offer a weak “nothing happened” denial. Nice try, Marv. You’ll be asked about this for the rest of your career. In an unrelated item, hey Hiestand, how can you casually drop the Bill Simmons twitter suspension into your column and make no reference to who broke the “story?” Even Rob King noted it was “in response to TBL.” That’s weak, Mike. About as weak as us being whining little bitches about it.
Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times sets the scene:
As Albert arrived, with an entourage of one, TNT public relations specialist Jeff Pomeroy, there was a sudden scuffle when a multitude of 50 Cent protectors seemed unfamiliar with Albert. There was shouting (”It’s Marv Albert,” yelled a Kimmel show guard, a pronouncement that seemed to have no effect on the 50 Cent phalanx.) There were obscenities. A fist or two flying. A “Don’t you put your hands on me” pronouncement.
And then “The Czar” Mike Fratello showed up with a trident. (No he didn’t.)
Instead, 50’s entourage realized who they were fighting — it’s Marv, for crying out loud! — and cooler heads prevailed. Albert made his way to his dressing room, with toupee intact, but sounded definitely confused by the brouhaha. “Did you see that?” he said. “I thought they were kidding, but then I realized they weren’t.”
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