Tiki already responded to Ryan Clark ripping him as a teammate, but Gio wanted to make sure he came to Tiki’s defense as well.
Having had personal and direct experiences with Clark, Gio ripped the current ESPN analyst for what he had to say about Tiki, and for his own behavior during his time in the NFL.
“I’ve talked about Ryan Clark before and my interactions with him in Pittsburgh, and he had a deal to come on with us once a week when he was still an active player for the Steelers, and one day he said he was sick and couldn’t do the show, and then he was up on ESPN on their morning show,” Gio said. “Also, that whole hype video of him wanting to get a contract…and now the cherry on top of him going on this podcast and just destroys Tiki Barber for no reason whatsoever.
“Ryan Clark was a D-bag in that locker room. I told this story last time. If Tiki barber taught you how not to be, then Tiki Barber was doing the right thing in the locker room, because you were a dick.”
Gio pointed to a time in the locker room when Clark “undressed” a reporter for asking an innocent question, which he says was one of many examples that make Clark a hypocrite for piling on Tiki.
“You’re the classy guy? My ass you are,” Gio said. “Don’t sit up on some high horse thinking you’re the professional in the room, and Tiki Barber is some jerk that didn’t treat you right. Stop it.”