ESPN drops Hank Williams Jr. from Monday night’s football opening after singer compares Obama to Hitler

By Lisa de Moraes
WashPost

Hours after country singer Hank Williams Jr. went on a morning talk show and likened President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, ESPN announced it had dropped the singer as the opening of this week’s “Monday Night Football.”

“While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize he is closely linked to our company through the opening to ‘Monday Night Football,’” the Disney-owned sports cable network said Monday afternoon its statement.

“We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”

For more than two decades, Williams has been the voice of the “Monday Night Football” theme song.

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