Henry Lake of WCCO in Minneapolis is not happy with how his former colleague is addressing the Stephen A. Smith’s controversial comments about Angels slugger/ace Shohei Ohtani.
Lake was diving into the subject on The Lake Show with Henry Lake when he referenced how KFAN’s Dan “The Common Man” Cole talked about Hideki Matsuyama’s victory at this year’s Master’s Tournament.
“He [Cole] was talking about the issue of interpreters,” Lake said on his show. “He referenced when Hideki Matsuyama won this year’s Master’s golf tournament, how he would’ve loved it even more or been more enthusiastic about the win, because he wanted him to win, if he didn’t have to use an interpreter. That was extremely disappointing for me to hear.”
Cole’s exact comments on the matter came from his radio show on 100.3 KFAN.
“Somebody else said when Hideki Matsuyama won The Master’s,” Cole said on his show. “It was different when he was in Butler Cabin… and then the interpreter says an answer that’s 20 seconds shorter than what he said. I would’ve liked to hear what he said, but he didn’t, and that’s not to say he shouldn’t be allowed to play.”
Lake said he addressed the issue firsthand with Cole over text messages before bringing his feelings onto the air.
“His response was ‘I’m spot on’ my response was ‘No you’re not you sound uninformed, brother. I say that with love and respect’ his reply to me was ‘That’s your opinion. You’re wrong and I say that with love and respect’ Do you guys see the problem here? How dare I say to a friend that you’re approaching with the wrong viewpoint. How dare Henry Lake approach you and tell you you might be off here. ‘Don’t tell me anything’ that’s your opinion.”
Lake continued by saying he was surprised by how Cole approached the interaction. Check out the full segment above.