Actor Chazz Palminteri criticised Boston Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray during an interview on “The Craig Carton Show”, recalling that Gray had brushed him off when he was with the Yankees. Palminteri said Gray struggles under pressure in the Bronx, a view he linked to the pitcher’s poor home record there; his comments revisit the scrutiny Gray faced during his time in New York.

Palminteri also described the moment he realised the significance of working with Robert De Niro on *A Bronx Tale*, which Palminteri wrote and De Niro directed. He recalled turning down De Niro’s invitation to lunch, then reassuring himself that he belonged in the industry. On football, Palminteri backed the Giants’ signing of quarterback J.J. McCarthy, arguing that earlier struggles need not rule out future success and citing Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield as examples.