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John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee are officially at war.
It all started when Mellencamp made an insult to McAfee, who called celebrity Knick’s fans during match 4 in the eastern conference final between New York and Indiana Pacers.
After calling Ben Stiller, Spike Lee and Timothee Chalamet, who got boos in Indianapolis, asked McAfee fans to “turn this s — up” and “Send these sons of B —— Back to New York with their ears called.”
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John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee (Getty Images; Imag)
However, Mellencamp said in a statement that he was “embarrassed” that “someone” used “bad sports” – without mentioning McAfee by name. McAfee replied to X that “I am someone.”
But on his own show on Friday, McAfee fired back against the singer.
“When Knicks plays in Gainbridge, I think there will be some boos. There may be some negative things that have been said against the other team. That’s how sports work, I think,” McAfee began. “We will be an agent for only good things on sporting things that happen. Only positive cheering in the future because it will make John Cougar Mellencamp happy.”
The former Indianapolis Colt added, “I don’t know what he thought he was doing.”
“He puts out this terrible quotation-tweet, terrible graphics. John, can’t tell you how badly all you did here was. The graphics, quote, timing, your two days late, John … John, Open FK …

Pat McAfee enters the arena under the WWE Royal Rumble on Alamodome. (Joe Camporeale-usa Today Sports)
Pacers Legend Reggie Miller seems to take sides in John Mellencamp-Pat McAfee beef
“You thought you would bury me? I don’t think so, John! Hey Coug ‘. Soak that friend.
Pacers won Game 4 after McAfee took the microphone to take a commanding 3-1 series lead but the series is on its way back to Indiana after Knicks dried the floor With Pacers in Game 5.
Stiller challenged McAfee to participate in games 5 In New York’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday, but McAfee said he didn’t “paid $ 70,000 for a ticket.”
No team has made the NBA final in the 21st century. Knicks beat Pacers in the conference final in 1999, but Pacers returned in favor of the following year.
The game 6 is played on Saturday night in Indiana, where it seems that the two new enemies will both be.

Paul Michael Levesque, known professionally as Triple H, and Pat McAfee make up for a photo before the game four of the eastern conference final between Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks for 2025 NBA playing games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Published Pictures)
The winner of the series will take on Oklahoma City Thunder, who plays for a championship for the first time since 2012.



