Ben Stiller Calls Out Pat McAfee for ‘Weird’ Comments at Knicks Game

Ben Stiller didn’t suppose Pat McAfee’s feedback about him on the Knicks sport have been all that humorous.

The actor-producer-director, who’s additionally a diehard Knicks fan, was sitting courtside on the fourth sport of the Knicks-Pacers Jap Convention Finals on Tuesday, alongside Timothée Chalamet and Spike Lee. Initially of the sport, The Pat McAfee Present host took the microphone to ship a message to fellow Pacer followers, calling out among the “bigwigs from the large metropolis” visiting the Indianapolis, Indiana, area.

“Spike Lee is right here. Ben Stiller is right here. Timothée Chalamet is right here,” McAfee advised the group, as they booed after every title, earlier than he screamed: “Let’s ship these sons of bitches again to New York with their ears bleeding.”

After the sport, which noticed the Pacers beat the Knicks 130-121, Stiller took to X (previously Twitter) to answer to some movies of McAfee’s speech. “Sure. Bizarre. We have been joyful to be there and cheer our workforce and aside from that Indy followers have been superior. #KNICKSIN7,” the Zoolander star wrote.

Stiller added in one other reply, “It’s okay. He have to be enjoying round – if it’s an precise standpoint it appears a bit anachronistic or cliche? Like we’re ‘large metropolis celebs’ and we shouldn’t be there within the heartland? Once more, everybody we met was superior and extremely cool.”

When one other X consumer advised him, “Don’t be bitter,” the Severance exec producer clarified, “No bitterness in any respect Indy followers have been superb good win for you guys.”

Try THR‘s checklist of all of the celebs who attended the Knicks vs. Pacers playoff video games.