KFC Barstool (Kevin Clancy)
KFC Barstool (Kevin Clancy)
Kevin Clancy, better known at KFC, is a blogger and Podcast host for Barstool Sports. He is based in New York City. [1]
Career
Clancy joined Barstool Sports in August 2009 and started blogging for the platform.
He covered topics ranging from pop culture to his observations living in New York City.
In 2012, he started podcasting and is the host of multiple programs including Barstool Radio, KFC Radio, and The Rundown.
In 2017, KFC produced several "Storyboard" episodes.
The episodes covered Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Lochte, the New York Knicks and Dave Chappelle.[13]
Controversy
In January 2018, Clancy's wife, Caitlin Nugent Clancy, took to Instagram to post about his infidelity, claiming he was sleeping with a mistress and had been since she was 8 months pregnant. Clancy would apologize, saying that he was dealing with the matter privately for the sake of his children.
The 27 Theory
KFC has been talking about this theory of 27 for a while, emphasizing the importance of that age as a watershed moment.
Clancy told Elite Daily:
"It seems to be that it hits everyone right at age 27.
I don't know if it's because you're getting older, you're more mature or, like I said, you've been out of school for a while and you've just been grinding at your desk and you're kind of getting sick of things in your life.
But when you hit 27, you have some sort of mental breakdown where you realize: All I'm doing is going out, getting drunk, spending money, hooking up with random people and I'm going absolutely nowhere in life."[13]
He first wrote about it on Barstool Sports's main site in 2012, when he had a freak-out about getting older. He's recorded multiple podcasts ever since, referencing that same blog. [13]
In one of the interviews, Clancy told Elite Daily:
"Everything up until then is a goddamn party.
You have minimal responsibilities, you're during basically whatever you want, whenever you want.
It's at 27 you realize, if I don't start busting my ass, focusing on something, I'm going nowhere...
That old life that you once had of care free fun comes to an end.
You hope that after 27 some good things are happening to you, but I don't think you can ever really recapture what you had from zero to 27."[13]
Every single time, he tells readers about how life will be, and every single time, someone doubts, until they experience it.
The story was no different when he talked about what it is like to get your first job out of college, get engaged or move in with a girlfriend.[13]
Clancy said:
"I remember saying like, 'listen, you spend a couple years living with a chick, you're not going to be having as much sex.' And every time it's like, 'no, not me, not my girl, we fuck all the time, we're so into each other.' Fast forward two or three years of living in the same apartment and they're like, 'ah shit, I haven't gotten laid in a month.'...I'm not making these things up.
This isn't a schtick.
I'm not saying this for comedic effect.
This is the life that I've lived and I'm telling you, I'm like Billy Madison grabbing the kid's head."[13]
Education
Clancy holds an MBA from the Fordham Graduate School of Business. [1]