Chaps Barstool (Matthew Cothron)
Chaps Barstool (Matthew Cothron)
Matthew Cothron, better known as Chaps or Uncle Chaps, is a blogger and podcast host for Barstool Sports. He is based in San Antonio.
Personal Life
Chaps with his wife and daughter
Chaps is originally from Duval County, Florida. He is married and has two daughters.
Health Issues
In June 2020, he revealed that he has Parkinson's disease. "Being told I have early Parkinson's isn't where I thought I'd be," he tweeted on June 13. "It's embarrassing and difficult. I'll be as honest as I can be about this journey. Pride wise, it's a killer. I'm a proud man and I don't like people seeing me struggle. Those struggles will be obvious." On June 14, Chaps offered some follow-up tweets. "Promise this wont be all I'll talk about soon. But, one more thing," he wrote. "If everyone in the world felt the overwhelming support that people like me do when they face a speed bump, the world would be a lot better place. Thank you for the messages, texts, calls. Im beyond grateful." [6]
He added: "I turned my phone off last night and woke up to rip a long piss at like 2:30am."
"I went through my texts and messages.
It was a shock, to say the least.
I'm a lucky man.
I shared bad news and got tons of support and sex from my hot ass wife.
I'll be ok.
Game on."
Chaps' original message got wishes of support from media personalities like Katie Nolan and Elika Sadeghi.[6]
Career
Chaps with a cat
Chaps served in the United States Marine Corps as a bomb-sniffing dog handler during the Iraq War. He received a Purple Heart for his service.
Today, Chaps is medically retired and an active supporter of K9s For Warriors, a veteran support group providing service dogs for veterans afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder. In addition, Chaps was a Military Police officer.
Before joining Barstool Sports, Chaps was known to troll about NFL news on his Twitter account. Chaps is currently a blogger and podcast host on the platform. He is the co-host of Zero Blog Thirty and Hi Haters alongside Kate Mannion as well as Podfathers with Clem and KFC. On his podcasts, Chaps openly talks about posttraumatic stress disorder and its effect on people.
Controversy
In 2011, Chaps was arrested for aggravated assault of a police officer.
He wrote a reflected blog post about it in 2017 explaining how much he dis like his actions and says he wish got treated for his PTSD sooner.