A recent Lemmygrad post reminded me of a funny mafia situation I once heard about. This fucking major player in the East Coast got fired for being a podcaster :tito-laugh:

In September 2023, Merlino started the sports betting podcast “The Skinny with Joey Merlino”. Merlino gives football picks weekly.[90][91][92]

As a result of his status as a social media personality, Merlino was reportedly demoted and excommunicated by the Philadelphia family in 2024, and replaced as boss by George Borgesi. Merlino’s expulsion and designation as persona non grata among Cosa Nostra marked the first time a Mafia boss on the East Coast had been banished without breaking the oath of omertà.[4]

Merlino reportedly planned to open a cheesesteak business in late 2024 in South Philadelphia called Skinny Joey’s Cheesesteaks.[93] On May 23, 2024, the restaurant suffered minor damage from a firebombing where several Molotov cocktails were found at the scene.[94]