Craig & Big Mac React to Viral Sean Payton & Charissa Thompson Kiss

Craig Carton (0:00)

Hey, yeah, 3.39, Carton Show Big Mac. Great to have you here. 888-808-119.

I do have this new Knick anthem that Lil D sent me today. I'm considering playing that for you at some point. I'm not saying I'll play it Tuesday for you. When the Knicks open up, of course, against the, excuse me, foot off your 76ers.

By the way, did you happen to see, and I don't know why Amazon did this, but I do have to bring up real quick in light of the Mike Vrabel, Dianna Russini nonsense, which is the biggest sports tour of the year, really, thus far. Did you happen to see that before the game, Charissa Thompson, who is the host of the pregame halftime and postgame show for Amazon, and also for Fox Sports as well, that she saw Sean Payton and said, Good luck tonight, coach, and they kissed before the game? Now, it wasn't like a tongue kiss or a French kiss, but it was a kiss, an embrace and a kiss.

Pete (1:07)

Yeah, it was a cheek kiss. It was a low.

Craig Carton (1:09)

Unprofessional? Make you think that maybe they're banging or no?

Pete (1:12)

No.

Craig Carton (1:13)

Come on.

Pete (1:14)

No.

Craig Carton (1:14)

That didn't cross your mind at all?

Pete (1:16)

No.

Craig Carton (1:17)

Cross my mind.

Pete (1:19)

To give a hug and a little peck on the cheek?

Craig Carton (1:21)

In light of what we know.

Pete (1:24)

I get it.

Craig Carton (1:24)

Right? In light of what's happened.

Pete (1:26)

That's why you're way off.

Craig Carton (1:27)

You go in there and you kiss the head coach. You don't think people are now thinking, oh, maybe Charissa's banging Sean Payton.

Pete (1:36)

I mean, I suppose. And I'm not saying she is.

Craig Carton (1:38)

I'm saying, how could you not think that?

Pete (1:40)

I know, but don't you think if they were, they'd be more careful about it than kissing on the sidelines?

Craig Carton (1:44)

You'd like to think that, but some people don't care.

Pete (1:46)

Maybe it's a swerve.

Craig Carton (1:47)

The hubris a lot of people have. Well, no one's going to accuse us of hooking up when we kiss in public, exactly what you're saying, right? It's like a Colombo thing, right? And then here's the other thing about it. You know every network has a sensitivity to this. Now, I'm sure they've told every reporter, please don't fraternize with the people you're covering, men and women, right?

Why would Amazon put that video out? It wasn't live. They put the video out because they wanted us to see it.

And I'm saying to myself, why would they do that? Because I know where my mind went. My mind went right to Russini and Vrabel. Did it? 100%. That's why I'm bringing it up now.

Pete (2:32)

No, mine didn't. It's just an awkward thing, but like...

Craig Carton (2:35)

It's weird. So I was talking to...

Pete (2:37)

You know they have relationships with these people.

Craig Carton (2:39)

To the point where kissing?

Pete (2:41)

That's how you greet people you work with.

Chris McMonigle (2:43)

Maybe a hug.

Pete (2:45)

Like a little bit of a just a...

Chris McMonigle (2:46)

Not a kiss.

Pete (2:46)

Good to see you.

Craig Carton (2:48)

No.

Pete (2:48)

No?

Craig Carton (2:48)

No.

Pete (2:49)

You don't go to like a barbecue with neighbors that you know very well.

Craig Carton (2:52)

Oh, what's up?

Chris McMonigle (2:53)

No. Cheek kiss? No, I hate it. I hate that. That's how you say hello to people.

Craig Carton (2:57)

That's why I couldn't have been in the mafia.

Pete (2:58)

Okay.

Craig Carton (2:58)

I can't be kissing dudes on the cheek all day every day. No, sir. And I don't want to kiss women on the cheek either.

Pete (3:04)

It's not kissing them on the cheek. It's cheek to cheek.

Craig Carton (3:06)

No. This was a kiss. This was a lips on cheek. That kind of thing.

Yeah. Now, I'm not sure if Sean Payton is still married or not.

Pete (3:14)

He turned his head and gave a little good of a...

Craig Carton (3:17)

He put his lips right on that cheek of hers. And she was like, yeah, that's right. Give me some, baby.

Pete (3:24)

Give me that cheek.

Craig Carton (3:25)

Give me that cheek, that nasty cheek. That's right. You didn't think that at all?

Pete (3:31)

No.

Craig Carton (3:31)

Pete, did you see the video? Or no?

Pete (3:34)

No.

Craig Carton (3:35)

You know there was a game last night, right?