Ex-ESPN star Keith Olbermann stokes controversy after apparent threat toward conservative pundit

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Former ESPN host Keith Olbermann appeared to make a threat toward CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Monday in a series of since-deleted social media posts.

The posts were screenshotted by Townhall columnist Dustin Grage. The posts showed Olbermann directing vitriol toward Jennings nearly two weeks after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University.

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Keith Olbermann on "The View" on March 25, 2016. (Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

"You’re next motherf---er," he wrote. "But keep mugging for the camera."

Jennings tagged FBI Director Kash Patel in a response to Grage’s post on X.

Olbermann appeared to be reacting to Jennings’ post about Disney restoring Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show amid uproar over its short hiatus. Kimmel was yanked off the air following remarks about Kirk’s assassination and the motives behind it.

He appeared to clarify what he wrote in a subsequent reply.

"Now we get the fascists off real tv. That'd mean your career is next, Jennings. Send a tape to Real America 's Voice," Olbermann added in the thread. "But keep mugging to camera, amateur."

Keith Olbermann deleted the posts aimed at Scott Jennings. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC NewsWire)

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Olbermann, who was also a pundit on MSNBC, has faced tremendous backlash in recent days for his controversial posts about Kirk and Kimmel. He slighted the late conservative influencer last week after it was announced that several TV affiliates, including