Popular Boston Radio Host Threatened To Quit Over Demi Lovato’s Pronouns – The Federalist

A popular Boston radio host who held the attention of listeners in New England for more than 40 years threatened to quit his job on-air on Wednesday after being told by his boss that he couldnt joke about Demi Lovatos sudden pronoun change.

I am the biggest of all time. And they said Shut up, Matt. Stop talking. Well, I hope youre happy because I just stopped talking. Matty out, Matty Siegel, co-host of the Matty in the Morning show on WXKS-FM radio, said live.

During his segment on Wednesday morning, Siegel explained that he was simply going against the woke thing but quickly felt punished for his views on Lovatos decision to become nonbinary and use the pronouns they/them.

Its a joke, the whole binary thing, he said. I dont care what Demi Lovato does. But now we have to worry about you might offend someone.

This isnt the first time Siegel said he was chastised for offending people on air. Just last year, Siegel said his boss warned him against making nasty comments about Donald Trump on-air. These restrictions on his speech and content, Siegel said, take away from the point of his job.

We were having fun with it, and my boss called up and said that Id crossed the line and they didnt want me talking about it anymore, Siegel told Boston.com. I responded by saying, If I cant talk about what Im thinking at this point in my career, I dont want to be on the radio anymore.

While Siegel said he likes his boss personally and is very fond of him, he clearly disagreed with his superiors position on the issue and questioned numerous times on the air why someone would limit the abilities of a host with decades of experience and a top-rated show.

This is why I got rich. OK. Because I told it like it is to my listeners for 40 bleeping years, Siegel explained. They pulled the plug on me and said you cant talk about what youre talking about.

Despite his threat of quitting on Wednesday, Siegel hosted a broadcast on Thursday morning explaining that he had reached an agreement with the station that gave him the freedom to say what he wants and that his wife refused to let his career end over Demi Lovato.

Somebody had to say this is ridiculous, ya know. And the company was like, What, you cant talk about that. Its like somebody had to say, Are you kidding? Like lifes not complicated enough, now youre telling young people they dont know what they are, the host said on-air on Thursday morning.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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