Watch: Lane Kiffin Confronts Reporter Who Called Him a 'Hoe'
Lane Kiffin was on his way to the tunnel after Ole Miss pummeled Mississippi State, before putting on the brakes to confront a reporter.
The incident was caught on video, showing Kiffin heading to the tunnel while flanked by Mississippi State Troopers. Then, out of nowhere, Kiffin busted a U-turn to confront Ole Miss reporter Ben Garrett, who earlier this week called Kiffin a "hoe" amid rumors the coach might leave the school to pursue a high-profile job.
"You wanna walk in here and call me a hoe? We'll see how it goes," Kiffin told Garrett, who on his podcast referred to Kiffin as a hoe.
"Can’t turn a hoe into a housewife. Hoes don't act right," Garrett had said on his podcast in reference to Kiffin flirting with the idea of leaving Ole Miss.
Lane Kiffin confronts Ole Miss reporter after
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“You wanna walk in here and call me a hoe? Well see how it goes”
Reporter @SpiritBen said earlier in week: “Can’t turn a hoe into a housewife. Hoes don’t act right” pic.twitter.com/px2nwWdHLf
After the confrontation, Garrett took to X to laugh it off.
"Kiffin didn’t like the, 'Can't turn a hoe into a housewife; hoes don't act right' line from the podcast," Garrett tweeted. "He sought [m]e out in the tunnel after the game to tell me."
"When you call someone a hoe, that's a different level of stuff."
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Lane Kiffin addresses the confrontation with the Ole Miss reporter after the game ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/jcu8Ry0RQV
Kiffin Miffed During the Game
During Saturday's Egg Bowl between Ole Miss and Mississippi State, Kiffin was furious about a benches-clearing brawl, and he took it out on Mississippi State's athletic director.
It all stems from a fumble late in the second quarter, when Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was tackled in the pocket, forcing a fumble that Mississippi State recovered. After recovering the ball and players were getting removed from the pile, some players got into it with each other, which quickly triggered a bench-clearing brawl.
BENCHES CLEARED AT THE EGG BOWL ????
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Ole Miss and Mississippi State got into it ???? pic.twitter.com/WSJItpWAN1
Penalty flags started flying all over the place, and officials issued unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. In the video, you can see Kiffin, Ole Miss' head coach, trying to keep his players in check.
When the first half ended, ESPN caught up with Kiffin before he headed to the tunnel, and he unloaded on Mississippi State.
"We're trying to play football here. We're not trying to start a fight."
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—Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffin on the scuffle between both teams at the Egg Bowl pic.twitter.com/xQyM7D5OUI
“We just try to play clean football, man. We try to execute and play really good football. For a whole sideline to try to fight and leave their whole sideline, including their athletic director, I've never seen like it," said Kiffin, taking a direct shot at Mississippi State Athletic Director Zac Selmon.
He added, "'So I'm just reminded I'm like, we're trying to play football here. We're not trying to start a fight so our university can get credit for fighting people."
Ole Miss rolled past Mississippi State, 38-19, amid Kiffin's uncertainty at the school and high-profile coaching vacancies, including at LSU, Florida, Auburn, and Penn State.