Howard Eskin Quickly Deleted This Tweet About Caitlyn Jenner

Kyle Scott | July 16, 2015

Though there’s probably a legitimate observation to be made that Caitlyn Jenner’s presence at the ESPYS was, as Bob Costas called it, “a crass exploitation play” for both ESPN-ABC (ratings) and Jenner (also ratings), this SCORCHING take from Howard Eskin, whose longtime shtick has been telling women to get back in the kitchen, took what turned out to be an overwhelmingly positive moment and, yep, pissed all over it.

Eskin deleted the initial Tweet, edited out the word “freak,” and explained his reaction thusly:

Ironically, the safer route for Eskin would’ve just been telling Jenner to get back in the kitchen.

H/T to (@BriMcL17)