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Dave Portnoy Hurls Insults at Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev in Livestreamed Chat
- Robinhood has been criticised for curbing trading in GameStop
- Tenev says curbs were necessary to prevent liquidity crunch
Vlad Tenev, speaks virtually during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Feb. 18.
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Robinhood Markets Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev went into his interview with Dave Portnoy looking forward to discussing Bulgarian pizza. Within the first few minutes of their chat, he was called a “rat” by the brash Barstool Sports founder.
The insults continued throughout their 40-minute livestreamed discussion on Tuesday night. Portnoy played an edited video that depicted Tenev as a clown, told him that everyone watching “hates your guts” and branded the CEO’s hairstyle at a government hearing last week as “ridiculous.”