We’ve done posts before on angry phone calls from celebrity lawyer and one-time presidential hopeful Michael Avenatti, so we and everyone else were anxious to hear more once Popehat tweeted that he’d just received a call …
Okay. So ….. that happened.
I just got a call from Michael Avenatti. The caller ID showed a number that I Googled and traced to him. And it sounded like him. So, like 95% sure.
It was . . . . wow.
/1
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
— Jane D'oh! (@Jane_Doh) March 14, 2019
— but it wasn't illegal (@sberfield) March 14, 2019
— Brad Pade (@BradPade) March 14, 2019
My body is ready for this.
— Jordan Gravelin (@jordan_gravelin) March 14, 2019
— TJ Lauser (@TJLauser) March 14, 2019
— Alyssa Lauren (@alysal08) March 14, 2019
I am rock hard with anticipation.
— Kevin (@KLee2331) March 14, 2019
Well, the story goes like this:
/2 Michael was extremely angry at me. Michael explained that I am a nobody, a coward, a pansy, a Negative Nancy (sic), jealous, piece of shit, asshole. This was over the course of five minutes or so. He ranged from mildly to very agitated.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/3 Oh I'm also a "despicable lawyer." Despite the fact that I'm a nobody, lots of people call him to tell him that I am despicable, and lots of people call him to laugh with him about how pathetic it is that I'm obsessed with him.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/4 High point of the call in my view:
Avenatti: I'M LIVING RENT-FREE IN YOUR HEAD
Me: Well, it would have to be rent-free, wouldn't it.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
Solid burn, seeing as Avenatti was kicked out of at least one office for not paying rent.
/5 Michael Avenatti explained that I have never accomplished anything, demanded to know what big verdicts or settlements I had achieved, and repeated that I was a nobody. He also said he was going to start writing and speaking about me, as one does to a nobody.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/6 Mr. Avenatti expressed an interest on going on the show, @jbarro. I told him he would be welcome. Also said he wanted to meet me face to face, and wanted to debate me about the issues, but not about "private stuff," like his bankruptcy.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/7 Mr. Avenatti said that I did not understand the Stormy Daniels case and did not see how me MADE the whole Cohen investigation and everything that followed and that was ALL HIM.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/8 Mr. Avenatti finished by declaring that he had decided to notice me, GAME ON, and he was going to dig through everything I've ever done and publicize it. Okay.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/9 Anyway, I've had people call and yell at me before. Mr. Avenatti was not the most creative, the most profane, or the most convincing. He was in the top ten for most comically agitated.
It was a life experience.
/end
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
/10 Coda:
I was unable to convey to Mr. Avenatti that most people would not find this behavior normal. pic.twitter.com/QwtqquT110
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
This seems like normal behavior likely to have a positive outcome.
— Warren Terra (@warren__terra) March 14, 2019
I love this because I had more than one argument with progressive friends who insisted he was awesome and totally not like Trump at all and would be an awesome president.
— Mattis 2020 (@TheHonerChock) March 14, 2019
Sounds like 45. BASTA ?
— MTChad ⚓️ (@MTChadMT) March 14, 2019
I guess we know that he listened to you and @jbarro on All the President’s Lawyers this week! Congrats!
— Jean Malarkey (@jeanmalarkey) March 14, 2019
Hey look a podcast fan reached out to you how nice pic.twitter.com/ZUa5RG4A79
— chuck u farley (@bhiggins42) March 14, 2019
Well, in all fairness, you are sort of negative at times, Nancy.
— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) March 14, 2019
As lawyer calls go, this was basically a come-on
— Rhymes With Orange (@shorgio) March 14, 2019
Sounds like he was vetting you to be his Vice President.
— You just made my point (@rlose) March 14, 2019
Did he bark like a dog like he did to @DiegoATLaw
— TM (@tjm585) March 14, 2019
Did he sound bankrupt?
— BigLawLiberal (@biglawliberal) March 14, 2019
The people in the Starbucks he was calling from must have been aghast.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 14, 2019
Time to pour a scotch, sit back, and get comfortable.
— Richard Scholtz (@rscholtz) March 14, 2019
Lordy, let there be tapes …
— I want off this ride … (@JustTheFacts37) March 14, 2019
he is not a well man
— Matt Jameson (@RogueNotary) March 14, 2019
You’re my favorite nobody lawyer and this is amazing
— Nicholas N (@NoRM_SToRM) March 14, 2019
Former Tully’s manager here – Avenatti did the EXACT same thing to me after I spoke to the press about his involvement with the collapse of Tully’s. He called several times. Last 4 digits of his # are 4118
— Robert Sifuentez (@blood__red__) March 14, 2019
ahem no, no, nothing like that. Such behavior would be totally out of character. pic.twitter.com/1ywjIeqCvB
— J. L. Ghostman (@SenatorGhostman) March 14, 2019
This is not the first time this has happened, BTW. I forget who posted a thread exactly like this. May have been a journo.
— Smells Like Teen Statism (@BlueEightySix) March 14, 2019
Avenatti’s denying the whole thing, seeing as Popehat is obsessed with him.
Never happened Ken. Are you so obsessed with me that you now have to fabricate things? Don’t you have better things to do?
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 14, 2019
So you're saying there won't be phone records of a roughly 5-8 minute call from a number starting with 949 and ending in 8 to my office line?
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 14, 2019
This is utterly insane
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 14, 2019
PMFJI but are you sure this wasn't Wohl? It's possible to call anyone – right now – and spoof any number as the originating ID.
I mean it's not as if Michael is going to shy away from saying he called to cuss you, while admitting to doing it but denying what was said. ?
— Derek Smart (@dsmart) March 15, 2019
Yes. Despite the fact that he's admitted to doing this before, it sounded like him, it was from his number, he used the exact same language he used in a DM to me moments before, and it happened at the same time he was yelling at me on Twiter, it could totally be a big hoax.
— RentFreeHat (@Popehat) March 15, 2019
You are worse than Trump is with Hillary.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 14, 2019
My guess is that someone spoofed @MichaelAvenatti's number and called @Popehat and that it's kinda sad that Popehat bought it.
— Cow Tongue (@cowtung) March 14, 2019
Yep – he got played. How embarrassing.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 14, 2019
If it was a spoof, it just shows how easy it is to spoof Avenatti; the description sure sounds like him.
Perhaps if you didn't spend so much time begging the world for attention, it wouldn't seem plausible that this type of behavior actually happened?
— Kim (@blueobsidian) March 14, 2019
wait are you really denying that you called ken??? if so that is very very fascinating! this move is so so trumpian!
— josie duffy rice (@jduffyrice) March 14, 2019
Oh man, who to believe
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) March 14, 2019
If it didn't happen, why bother responding? Why not just ignore it?
— Chris Buchheit (@TheBucket015) March 14, 2019
— ☞ ??.? ☜ (@MizzGeeee) March 14, 2019
Related:
LOL this is NUTS! Michael Avenatti called attorney to yell at him for ‘attacking other lawyers’ on Twitter annnd we’re officially dead https://t.co/a6raoxT2WM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 5, 2019
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