Comedian Steve Rannazzisi got himself into a whole lot of trouble earlier this week when it was revealed he lied about escaping from the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Now, restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings announced that it would stop airing a commercial that featured Rannazzisi.
"Upon careful review, we have decided to discontinue airing our current television commercials featuring Steve Rannazzisi," the Minneapolis company said in a statement Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
The commercial that Rannazzisi was featured in tied into the character that he played on the hit FXX comedy "The League," reported US weekly. In the series, the 37-year-old actor played a fantasy football fanatic named Kevin.
The FX network issued a statement earlier this week about Rannazzisi's confession and decided to continue airing episodes of "The League."
"We are disappointed to learn that Steve Rannazzisi lied about being in the World Trade Center on 9/11. It is upsetting that he would fabricate a story about having survived that horrible tragedy. It is also unfortunate that he did not admit to the truth sooner," said FX's statement. "That said, we believe Steve is sincere in his apology and will do everything he can to make amends moving forward."
The comedian also had a Comedy Central-planned stand-up special set to air this weekend. The channel said on Wednesday that it was determining how to move forward. No new statement has been released.
